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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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Literature; Poetry

The branch of prosody concerned with meter.

middle rhyme

Literature; Poetry

See Internal Rhyme

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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