Poetry

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art making use of rythmic and aesthetic qualities of language to evoke meanings. Poetry has a long history evolving from folk music.

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Enallage

Literature; Poetry

The effective use of a grammatically incorrect part of speech in place of the correct form, e.g., present tense in place of past tense, plural for singular, etc.

Encomium

Literature; Poetry

A speech or composition in high praise of a person, object or event.

End rhyme

Literature; Poetry

A rhyme occurring in the terminating word or syllable of one line of poetry with that of another line, as opposed to internal rhyme.

End-stopped

Literature; Poetry

Denoting a line of verse in which a logical or rhetorical pause occurs at the end of the line, usually marked with a period, comma, or semicolon.

In modern usage, the vivid literary description of a specific work of art, such as a painting, sculpture, tapestry, church, and the like. Originally, the term more broadly applied to a description in ...