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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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.

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 ...