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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Objectivism

Literature; Poetry

A type of 20th century poetry in which objects are selected and portrayed for their own particular value, rather than their symbolic quality or the intellectual concept of the author.

Monorhyme

Literature; Poetry

A poem in which all the lines have the same end rhyme.

Molossus

Literature; Poetry

In Greek and Latin verse, a metrical foot consisting of three long syllables.

Mock-epic

Literature; Poetry

A satiric literary form that treats a trivial or commonplace subject with the elevated language and heroic style of the classical epic.

Numen

Literature; Poetry

A spiritual source or influence, often identified with a natural object, phenomenon or place.

Nursery rhyme

Literature; Poetry

A short poem for children written in rhyming verse and handed down in folklore.

Nonsense poetry

Literature; Poetry

Poetry which is absurd, foolish or preposterous, usually written in a catchy metre with strong rhymes. It often contains neologisms or portmanteau words.