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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."
accentual meter
Literature; Poetry
A rhythmic pattern based on a recurring number of accents or stresses in each line of a poem or section of a poem.
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