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  2. Cadence (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    In poetry cadence describes the rhythmic pacing of language to a resolution [2] and was a new idea in 1915 [3] used to describe the subtle rise and fall in the natural flow and pause of ordinary speech [4] where the strong and weak beats of speech fall into a natural order [5] restoring the audible quality to poetry as a spoken art. [6] Cadence ...

  3. Period (music) - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of a typical period consisting of two phrases [5] [6] [7]. In Western art music or Classical music, a period is a group of phrases consisting usually of at least one antecedent phrase and one consequent phrase totaling about 8 bars in length (though this varies depending on meter and tempo).

  4. Cadence - Wikipedia

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    A harmonic cadence is a progression of two or more chords that concludes a phrase, section, or piece of music. [3] A rhythmic cadence is a characteristic rhythmic pattern that indicates the end of a phrase. [4] A cadence can be labeled "weak" or "strong" depending on the impression of finality it gives.

  5. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Ars Poetica: a poem that explains the 'art of poetry', or a meditation on poetry using the form and techniques of a poem. [1] Aubade: a love poem welcoming or lamenting the arrival of the dawn. Example: “The Sun Rising” by John Donne. [1] Deep image; Didactic; Dramatic monologue

  6. Musical phrasing - Wikipedia

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    For example, accelerating the tempo or prolonging a note may add tension. A phrase is a substantial musical thought, which ends with a musical punctuation called a cadence. Phrases are created in music through an interaction of melody, harmony, and rhythm. [3]

  7. Phrase (music) - Wikipedia

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    Period built of two five-bar phrases in Haydn's Feldpartita in B ♭, Hob. II:12. [1] Diagram of a period consisting of two phrases [2] [3] [4]. In music theory, a phrase (Greek: φράση) is a unit of musical meter that has a complete musical sense of its own, [5] built from figures, motifs, and cells, and combining to form melodies, periods and larger sections.

  8. Composition (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    Arrangement: for example, use of the golden mean or the rule of thirds; Lines; Rhythm; Illumination or lighting; Repetition (sometimes building into pattern; rhythm also comes into play, as does geometry) Perspective; Breaking the rules can create tension or unease, yet it can add interest to the picture if used carefully

  9. Cadenza - Wikipedia

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    In music, a cadenza, (from Italian: cadenza [kaˈdɛntsa], meaning cadence; plural, cadenze [kaˈdɛntse]) is, generically, an improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist(s), usually in a "free" rhythmic style, and often allowing virtuosic display.