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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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Petrarchan sonnet
Literature; Poetry
An Italian sonnet form perfected by Petrarch (1304-1374), characterised by an octave with a rhyme scheme of abbaabba and a sestet rhyming variously, but usually cdecde or cdccdc. The octave typically ...
Phonetic symbolism
Literature; Poetry
Sound suggestiveness; the association of particular word-sounds with common areas of meaning so that other words of similar sounds come to be associated with those meanings. Also called sound ...
Paeon
Literature; Poetry
In ancient poetry, a metrical foot consisting of four syllables, one long and three short. The position of the long syllable can be varied in four ways, thus the foot can be called a primus, ...
Palindrome
Literature; Poetry
A word, verse, or sentence in which the sequence of letters is the same forward and backward, as the word, madam, or the sentence, "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama." A variation in which the sequence ...
Odeum
Literature; Poetry
A small roofed theatre in ancient antiquity devoted to the presentation of musical and poetic works to the public in competition for prizes.
Pastiche
Literature; Poetry
An artistic effort that imitates or caricatures the work of another artist.
