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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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mock-heroic
Literature; Poetry
A satiric literary form that treats a trivial or commonplace subject with the elevated language and heroic style of the classical epic.
mock-epic
Literature; Poetry
A satiric literary form that treats a trivial or commonplace subject with the elevated language and heroic style of the classical epic.
georgic
Literature; Poetry
A poem dealing with a rural or agricultural topic, but differing from pastoral poetry in that the primary intention of a georgic is didactic.
galliambus
Literature; Poetry
In classic poetry, a lyric meter consisting of four iambic dipodies, the last of which is catalectic, dropping the final accent, or a line of four lesser Ionic feet catalectic, ...
genre
Literature; Poetry
A category of artistic, musical or literary composition characterized by a particular form, style or content. Poetry, for example, is a literary genre.
fourteener
Literature; Poetry
An iambic line of fourteen syllables, or seven feet, widely used in English poetry in the middle of the 16th Century.
form
Literature; Poetry
The arrangement, manner or method used to convey the content, such as free verse, ballad, haiku, etc. In other words, the "way-it-is-said."
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