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Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art making use of rythmic and aesthetic qualities of language to evoke meanings. Poetry has a long history evolving from folk music.
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metonymy
Literature; Poetry
A figure of speech involving the substitution of one noun for another of which it is an attribute or which is closely associated with it, e.g., "the kettle boils" or "he drank the cup." Metonymy is ...
meter
Literature; Poetry
A measure of rhythmic quantity, the organized succession of groups of syllables at basically regular intervals in a line of poetry, according to definite metrical patterns. In classic Greek and Latin ...
metaphysical
Literature; Poetry
Of or relating to a group of 17th century poets whose verse was distinguished by an intellectual and philosophical style, with extended metaphors or conceits comparing very dissimilar things.
metaphor
Literature; Poetry
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one object or idea is applied to another, thereby suggesting a likeness or analogy between them.
mesostich
Literature; Poetry
Arrangement of words or lines in a poem which a series of initial, final, or other corresponding letters, when taken together, form a word or a phrase. See acrostic poem
