(linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse.; "But it is likewise true that — especially in the context of the eighteenth centu…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.Choral ode
ode sung by the chorus in classical Greek drama
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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.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
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Poetry.Words connected by meaning
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Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its comple…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.A chorus leader; esp. one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contents a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.A choir or chorus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.Of or pertaining to a chorus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.One of a choir; a singer in a chorus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.of Chorus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture; "classical mytho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an his…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural); "anci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sung, chorus, classical, greek, drama.Explore Academic Dictionary
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