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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Poetry

Unstressed syllable

Literature; Poetry

A syllable that is not emphasized, like the a in aghast or the ish in churlish.

Trouvere

Literature; Poetry

One of a school of poets of northern France who flourished from the 11th to 14th centuries and who composed mostly narrative works such as chansons de geste and fabliaux.

Tmesis

Literature; Poetry

The division of a compound word into two parts, with one or more words between, as what place soever for whatsoever.

Texture

Literature; Poetry

The "feel" of a poem that comes from the interweaving of technical elements, syntax, patterns of sound and meaning.

Tetractys

Literature; Poetry

A Tetractys is a 5 line poem with a syllable count of 1,2,3,4,10

Tetrameter

Literature; Poetry

A line of verse consisting of four metrical feet.

A verse form consisting of tercets, usually in iambic pentameter in English poetry, with a chain or interlocking rhyme scheme, as: aba, bcb, cdc, etc. The pattern concludes with a separate line added ...