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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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rhyme royal

Literature; Poetry

A stanza of seven lines of heroic or five-foot iambic verse, rhyming ababbcc. It probably received its name from its use by King James I of Scotland, who was both king and a poet. ...

rhyme scheme

Literature; Poetry

The pattern established by the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or poem, generally described by using letters of the alphabet to denote the recurrence of rhyming lines, such as ...

rhyme

Literature; Poetry

In the specific sense, a type of echoing which utilizes a correspondence of sound in the final accented vowels and all that follows of two or more words, but the preceding ...

rhopalic

Literature; Poetry

Having each succeeding unit in a poetic structure longer than the preceding one. Applied to a line, it means that each successive word is a syllable longer that its predecessor. ...

rhetoric

Literature; Poetry

The art of speaking or writing effectively; skill in the eloquent use of language.

rhetorical question

Literature; Poetry

A question solely for effect, with no answer expected. By the implication that the answer is obvious, it is a means of achieving an emphasis stronger than a direct statement.