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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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aphorism
Literature; Poetry
A brief statement containing an important truth or fundamental principle.
apocope
Literature; Poetry
A type of elision in which a letter or syllable is omitted at the end of a word, as in morn for morning.
aphesis
Literature; Poetry
A form of aphaeresis in which the syllable omitted is short and unaccented, as in round for around.
antistrophe
Literature; Poetry
The second division in the triadic structure of Pindaric verse, corresponding metrically to the strophe; also, the stanza following or alternating with and responding to the strophe in ancient lyric ...
antithesis
Literature; Poetry
A figure of speech in which a thought is balanced with a contrasting thought in parallel arrangements of words and phrases.
antonomasia
Literature; Poetry
The use of a name, epithet or title in place of a proper name, as Bard for Shakespeare.
