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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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monosyllable

Literature; Poetry

A word of one syllable.

mood

Literature; Poetry

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mora

Literature; Poetry

The minimal unit of rhythmic measurement in quantitive verse, equivalent to the time it takes to pronounce an ordinary or average short syllable; two morae are equivalent to a ...

monody

Literature; Poetry

A poem in which one person laments another's death.

monometer

Literature; Poetry

A line of verse consisting of a single metrical foot or dipody.

monorhyme

Literature; Poetry

A poem in which all the lines have the same end rhyme.

molossus

Literature; Poetry

In Greek and Latin verse, a metrical foot consisting of three long syllables.