Poetry

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art making use of rythmic and aesthetic qualities of language to evoke meanings. Poetry has a long history evolving from folk music.

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volta

Literature; Poetry

The place at which a distinct turn of thought occurs. The term is most commonly used for the characteristic transition point in a sonnet, as between the octave and sestet of a Petrarchan sonnet.

voice

Literature; Poetry

the agent or agency who is speaking throughout a poem.

anaclasis

Literature; Poetry

The substitution of different measures to break up the rhythm.

anacreontic

Literature; Poetry

A poem in the style of the Greek poet, Anacreon, convivial in tone or theme, relating to the praise of love and wine.

anacrusis

Literature; Poetry

when one or more unstressed syllables are added at the beginning of a line.

amphigouri

Literature; Poetry

A verse composition, while apparently coherent, contains no sense or meaning.

allusion

Literature; Poetry

An implied or indirect reference to something assumed to be known, such as an historical event or personage, a well-known quotation from literature, or a famous work of art.