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  2. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Ekphrasis: a poem that vividly describes a scene or work of art. [1] Elliptical; Epigram; Folk. Folk ballad; Gnomic: a poems laced with proverbs, aphorisms, or maxims. [1] Hymn: a poem praising God or the divine (often sung). Lament: any poem expressing deep grief, usually at a death or some other loss. Dirge

  3. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese poetry, a tanka where the upper part is composed by one poet and the lower part by another. [56] techne telestich A poem or other form of writing in which the last letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or other recurring feature in the text spells out a word or a message. [57] tenor tercet terza rima tetrameter tetrastich ...

  4. Poetic diction - Wikipedia

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    Poetic diction is the term used to refer to the linguistic style, the vocabulary, and the metaphors used in the writing of poetry.In the Western tradition, all these elements were thought of as properly different in poetry and prose up to the time of the Romantic revolution, when William Wordsworth challenged the distinction in his Romantic manifesto, the Preface to the second (1800) edition ...

  5. Acrostic - Wikipedia

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    An 1850 acrostic by Nathaniel Dearborn, the first letter of each line spelling the name "JENNY LIND". An acrostic is a poem or other word composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each new line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word, message or the alphabet. [1]

  6. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    Priamel – a series of compared alternatives which serve as foils to the true subject of a poem. Procatalepsis – in argumentation, the speaker answers the opponent's possible objections before they can be made. Progymnasmata – a series of preliminary rhetorical exercises that began in ancient Greece and continued during the Roman Empire.

  7. Poetry - Wikipedia

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    Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic [1] [2] [3] qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings. Any particular instance of poetry is called a poem and is written by a poet.

  8. Poetic devices - Wikipedia

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    Poetic Diction is a style of writing in poetry which encompasses vocabulary, phrasing, and grammatical usage. Along with syntax, poetic diction functions in the setting the tone, mood, and atmosphere of a poem to convey the poet's intention.

  9. Outline of poetry - Wikipedia

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    Poetry is a physical manifestation of the internal human creative impulse. A form of literature – literature is composition, that is, written or oral work such as books, stories, and poems. Fine art – in Western European academic traditions, fine art is art developed primarily for aesthetics, distinguishing it from applied art that also has ...