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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Theme

Literature; Poetry

The central idea, topic, or didactic quality of a work.

Thesis

Literature; Poetry

The first part of an antithetical figure of speech; also, the unaccented or shorter part of a poetic foot.

Verset

Literature; Poetry

A short verse, especially one from a sacred book.

Verse

Literature; Poetry

A line of writing arranged in a metrical pattern, i.e., a line of poetry. Also, a piece of poetry or a particular form of poetry such as free verse, blank verse, etc., or the art or work of a poet.

Verse paragraph

Literature; Poetry

A line grouping of varying length, as distinct from stanzas of equal length. Seldom used in rhymed verse, it is the usual division in blank verse.

Poetic theme in which the poet asks "where are" they, where have they gone. The theme began in mediaeval Latin, with the formula ubi sunt used to introduce a roll-call of the dead or missing and to ...