Epilogue: alternatives and connections

A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.

A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause pr…

A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic po…

A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.)

To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.

the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie

A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the mos…

The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play.

A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the su…

To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a r…

The actors in a drama or play.

A division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song.

A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.

Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fict…

To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.

A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speec…

A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem…

animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"