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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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epopee
Literature; Poetry
An epic poem, or the history, action or legend, which is the subject of an epic poem.
epyllion
Literature; Poetry
A brief narrative work in classic poetry written in dactylic hexameter. It commonly dealt with mythological themes, often with a romantic interest, and was characterized by vivid description, ...
epode
Literature; Poetry
A type of lyric poem in which a long verse is followed by a shorter one, or the third and last part of an ode; also, the third part of a triadic Greek poem or Pindaric verse following the strophe and ...
epitrite
Literature; Poetry
A metrical foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable, and denominated first, second, third or fourth according to the position of the short syllable.
epizeuxis
Literature; Poetry
A rhetorical device consisting of the immediate repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis
epitaph
Literature; Poetry
A brief poem or statement in memory of someone who is deceased, used as -- or suitable for -- a tombstone inscription; a commemorative lamentation.
