Bardic: alternatives and connections

Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry.

An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry.

A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and musi…

Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards.

The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.

The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry.

The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.

an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics.

The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular them…

Consisting of two syllables only; as, a dissyllabic foot in poetry.

To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefl…

A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem wri…

A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry.

A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry.

The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets.

A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of g…