(linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse.; "But it is likewise true that — especially in the context of the eighteenth centu…
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Beginning rhyme
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the ragged rascal ran’"
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use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
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The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial /h/ sounds.; "The ‘p’…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.To mention in rhyme or verse; to rhyme about.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.a syllable that ends with a consonant.; "The vowel in a closed syllable is short."
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. Th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with g…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.a syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.; "A heavy syllable consists of a long vowel or a diphthong, or a short vowel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of actio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consonant, beginning, stressed, syllable, line.
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