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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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anachronism
Literature; Poetry
The placement of an event, person, or thing out of its proper chronological relationship, sometimes unintentional, but often deliberate as an exercise of poetic license.
Italian sonnet
Literature; Poetry
a fourteen-line verse form consisting of rhyme scheme a-b-b-a-a-b-b-a for the first 8 lines, followed by any rhyme scheme for the final 6 lines so long as it consists of 3 rhyme pairs and it avoids a ...
Poulter's measure
Literature; Poetry
A meter consisting of alternate Alexandrines and fourteeners, i.e., twelve-syllable and fourteen-syllable lines, a common measure in Elizabethan times.
King's English
Literature; Poetry
The standard, pure or correct English speech or usage, also called Queen's English.
modulation
Literature; Poetry
In poetry, the harmonious use of language relative to the variations of stress and pitch.
mixed metaphor
Literature; Poetry
A metaphor whose elements are either incongruent or contradictory by the use of incompatible identifications, such as "the dog pulled in its horns" or "to take arms against a sea of troubles."
