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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mock-heroic

Literature; Poetry

A satiric literary form that treats a trivial or commonplace subject with the elevated language and heroic style of the classical epic.

mock-epic

Literature; Poetry

A satiric literary form that treats a trivial or commonplace subject with the elevated language and heroic style of the classical epic.

georgic

Literature; Poetry

A poem dealing with a rural or agricultural topic, but differing from pastoral poetry in that the primary intention of a georgic is didactic.

galliambus

Literature; Poetry

In classic poetry, a lyric meter consisting of four iambic dipodies, the last of which is catalectic, dropping the final accent, or a line of four lesser Ionic feet catalectic, varied by anaclasis.

genre

Literature; Poetry

A category of artistic, musical or literary composition characterized by a particular form, style or content. Poetry, for example, is a literary genre.