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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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Close rhyme
Literature; Poetry
A rhyme of two contiguous or close words, such as in the idiomatic expressions, "true blue" or "fair and square."
Closet drama
Literature; Poetry
A literary work written in the form of a drama, but intended by the author only for reading, not for performance in the theater.
Clerihew
Literature; Poetry
A pseudo biographical poem, four lines long. A clerihew follows an aabb rhyming pattern, so the first two and last two lines rhyme. Clerihews usually are about the individual mentioned in the initial ...
Canon
Literature; Poetry
In a literary sense, the authoritative works of a particular writer; also, an accepted list of works perceived to represent a cultural, ideological, historical, or biblical grouping.
Cadence
Literature; Poetry
The progressive rhythmical pattern in lines of verse; also, the natural tone or modulation of the voice determined by the alternation of accented or unaccented syllables.
Caesura
Literature; Poetry
A rhythmic break or pause in the flow of sound which is commonly introduced in about the middle of a line of verse, but may be varied for different effects. Usually placed between syllables ...
