Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.
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A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short sta…
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A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each,…
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A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.
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Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events,…
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An epic.
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To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
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of Lie, to recline.
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Alt. of Lyrical
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An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.
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A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes rec…
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A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
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A short poem, -- usually amatory.
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A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.
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A peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed by the early Italian poets from the Troubadours.
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A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.
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A little verse; especially, a short verse or text said or sung in public worship by the priest or minister, and followed by a response from the peopl…
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