(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.Horatian ode
an ode with several stanzas
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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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A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspbe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic po…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an open space in a park where several roads meet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten eit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal fro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.Act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing se…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are ab…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkwee…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, stanzas.Explore Academic Dictionary
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