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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.
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.
