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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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personification

Literature; Poetry

A type of metaphor in which distinctive human characteristics, e.g., honesty, emotion, volition, etc., are attributed to an animal, object or idea.

petrarchan sonnet

Literature; Poetry

An Italian sonnet form perfected by Petrarch (1304-1374), characterized by an octave with a rhyme scheme of abbaabba and a sestet rhyming variously, but usually cdecde or cdccdc. ...

phonetic symbolism

Literature; Poetry

Sound suggestiveness; the association of particular word-sounds with common areas of meaning so that other words of similar sounds come to be associated with those meanings. Also ...

picaresque

Literature; Poetry

The term applied to literature dealing sympathetically with the adventures of clever and amusing rogues.

periphrasis

Literature; Poetry

The substitution of an elaborate phrase in place of a simple word or expression, as "fragrant beverage drawn from China's herb" for tea.

persona

Literature; Poetry

The speaker or voice of a literary work, i.e., who is doing the talking. Thus persona is the "I" of a narrative or the implied speaker of a lyric poem.