Rhapsody: alternatives and connections

The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Aeneas.

Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial.

An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.

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

Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish roya…

Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by orna…

A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme.

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.

Epic.

A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.

An epic poem; epic poetry.

A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an ap…

A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.

An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

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

Direct cell division (in which there is first a simple division of the nucleus, without any changes in its structure, followed by divi…

Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or l…