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Literature

Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.

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amphibrach

Literature; Poetry

A metrical foot consisting of a long or accented syllable between two short or unaccented syllables.

afflatus

Literature; Poetry

A creative inspiration, as that of a poet; a divine imparting of knowledge, thus it is often called divine afflatus. Also defined as the inspiration or mental force that comes ...

alcaic verse

Literature; Poetry

A Greek lyrical meter, said to be invented by Alcaeus, a lyric poet from about 600 B.C. Written in tetrameter, the greater Alcaic consists of a spondee or iamb followed by an iamb ...

allegory

Literature; Poetry

A figurative illustration of truths or generalizations about human conduct or experience in a narrative or description by the use of symbolic fictional figures and actions which ...

alliteration

Literature; Poetry

the repetition of the consonant sounds within words or within lines.

adynaton

Literature; Poetry

A type of hyperbole in which the exaggeration is magnified so greatly that it refers to an impossibility, as "I'd walk a million miles for one of your smiles."