Home > Industry/Domain > Literature > 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.

Contributors in Poetry

Poetry

Symbol

Literature; Poetry

An image transferred by something that stands for or represents something else, like flag for country, or autumn for maturity. Symbols can transfer the ideas embodied in the image without stating ...

Syllabic verse

Literature; Poetry

A type of verse distinguished primarily by the syllable count, i.e., the number of syllables in each line, rather than by the rhythmical arrangement of accents or time quantities.

Spenserian stanza

Literature; Poetry

A stanza devised by Spenser for The Faerie Queene, founded on the Italian ottava rima. It is a stanza of nine iambic lines, all of ten syllables except the last, which is an Alexandrine. There are ...

Sound devices

Literature; Poetry

Resources used by writers of verse to convey and reinforce the meaning or experience of poetry through the skillful use of sound.

Sonneteer

Literature; Poetry

A composer of sonnets; also, the term is sometimes applied to a minor or insignificant poet.

Style

Literature; Poetry

The poet's individual creative process, as determined by choices involving diction, figurative language, rhetorical devices, sounds, and rhythmic patterns.

Strophe

Literature; Poetry

In modern poetry, a stanza or rhythmic system of two or more lines arranged as a unit. In classical poetry, a strophe is the first division in the triadic structure of Pindaric verse, corresponding ...

Featured blossaries

Dermatology

Category: Health   2 21 Terms

Deaf Community and Sign Language Interpreting

Category: Culture   1 1 Terms