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Sonnet

A short poem, -- usually amatory.

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Poem 76% connected

A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and…

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Poetize 76% connected

To write as a poet; to compose verse; to idealize.

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Praise 76% connected

To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.

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Verse 76% connected

A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.

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Versify 76% connected

To make verses.

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Sonneteer 74% connected

A composer of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; -- usually in contempt.

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Sonneteer 74% connected

A composer of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; -- usually in contempt.

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Isosyllabism noun · 78% connection

(linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse.; "But it is likewise true that — especially in the context of the eighteenth centu…

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Alliteration noun · 78% connection

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…

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Beginning rhyme noun · 78% connection

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…

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Blank verse noun · 78% connection

unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)

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Elegy noun · 78% connection

a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

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Enjambement noun · 78% connection

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

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Enjambment noun · 78% connection

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

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Free verse noun · 78% connection

unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern

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Haiku noun · 78% connection

an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines

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Head rhyme noun · 78% connection

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…

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Initial rhyme noun · 78% connection

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…

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Lament noun · 78% connection

a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

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Ode noun · 78% connection

a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

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Stanza noun · 78% connection

a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

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Vers libre noun · 78% connection

unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern

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Acciaccatura noun · 78% connection

A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, poem, amatory.
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Amative adjective · 78% connection

Full of love; amatory.

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Amatorial adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as, amatorial verses.

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Amatorian adjective · 78% connection

Amatory.

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Amatorious adjective · 78% connection

Amatory.

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Amatory adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.

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Amoroso adverb · 78% connection

In a soft, tender, amatory style.

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Amphibrach noun · 78% connection

A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable…

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Anacreontic noun · 78% connection

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

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Antimetathesis noun · 78% connection

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

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Bacchius noun · 78% connection

A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

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Ballad noun · 78% connection

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: short, poem, amatory.
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Bob wig unknown · 78% connection

A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, poem, amatory.
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Bobtailed adjective · 78% connection

Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat.

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Brevipennate adjective · 78% connection

Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu.

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Brevirostrate adjective · 78% connection

Short-billed; having a short beak.

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Codetta noun · 78% connection

A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda.

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Duan noun · 78% connection

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

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