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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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acephalexis
Literature; Poetry
Initial truncation (the dropping of the first, unstressed syllable at the beginning of a line of iambic or anapestic verse).
acrostic poem
Literature; Poetry
A poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a name (downwards).
accent
Literature; Poetry
The rhythmically significant stress in the articulation of words, giving some syllables more relative prominence than others. In words of two or more syllables, one syllable is ...
acatalectic
Literature; Poetry
A verse having the metrically complete number of syllables in the final foot.
abecedarian poem
Literature; Poetry
A poem having verses beginning with the successive letters of the alphabet.
abstract language
Literature; Poetry
Words that represent ideas, intangibles, and concepts such as "beauty" and "truth."
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