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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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haiku

Literature; Poetry

A Japanese form of poetry, also known as hokku. It consists of three unrhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables. The elusive flavor of the form, however, lies more in its ...

gongorism

Literature; Poetry

Named for the 17th century Spanish poet, Luis de Gongora y Argote, a literary style characterized by stilted obscurity and the use of affected devices of embellishment.

grave

Literature; Poetry

In poetry, a mark ( ` ) indicating that the e in the English ending ed is to be pronounced for the sake of meter.

goliardic poetry

Literature; Poetry

Satiric verse which flourished in the 12th and 13th centuries, usually consisting of a stanza of four 13-syllable lines in feminine rhyme, sometimes with a concluding hexameter. ...

gnome

Literature; Poetry

An aphorism, a short statement of proverbial truth. Composers of such verse are known as gnomic poets.

ghazal

Literature; Poetry

A monorhymed Middle Eastern lyric poem in which the first two lines rhyme with a corresponding rhyme in the second line of each succeeding couplet, thus a rhyme scheme of aa, ba, ...