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(prosody, poetry, usually capitalized) Repetition of the same word or phrases for emphasis; epistrophe, especially the concluding section.
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(obsolete, Christianity) The end of a verse or psalm, or something added to it, to be sung by the people by way of a response.
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(in the plural) An Alcaic verse.
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(poetry) A short lyrical piece about love and wine.
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(poetry) A poem of one or more triplets of seven- or eight-line stanzas, each ending with the same line as refrain, and usually an envoi; more generally, any poem in stanzas of equal length.
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(poetry) A poetic form with regular meter, particularly iambic pentameter, but no fixed rhyme scheme.
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One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
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A kind of satirical Italian poem in triplet stanzas.
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A complicated French poetic form, a variation of the ballad form, consisting of five eleven-line stanzas with the rhyme scheme a-b-a-b-c-c-d-d-e-d-E and a five-line envoi rhyming d-d-e-d-E or a seven-line envoi c-c-d-d-e-d-E. Rhyming words cannot be repeated.
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A Japanese poem, a form of waka that consists of 5 to 7 on phrases repeated at least twice, and concludes with a 5-7-7 ending.
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(poetry) A type of poetry with regular structure, such as meter or a rhyming pattern.
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(poetry) A series of sonnets linked together such that the last word of each is the first word of the next.
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(archaic) A cycle, or series of poems.
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(prosody) In, or in terms of, dactyls.
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A seven-line poem, used to teach writing skills to elementary school children, whose text forms the shape of a lozenge or diamond.
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A poem or oration in the same style.
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(poetry) A specific form of Japanese poem without rhyme, having lines of 7-7-7-5 morae.
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(poetry) A form of self-contained rhyming couplet in Hindi poetry.
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A heroic, laudatory verse form in old Icelandic, popular between the 10th and 13th centuries and featuring a refrain
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Any satirical poem like The Dunciad by Alexander Pope.
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A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.
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Obsolete form of elegiac. [A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.]
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A classical poem written in elegiac meter
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(poetry) To carry a sentence over to the next line without a pause.
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(poetry) A short stanza at the end of a poem, used either to address a person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem.
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(poetry) The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.
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(uncountable) A poetic form divided into lines of no particular length or meter, without a rhyme scheme.
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A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.
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A Japanese form of comic connected verse that gave rise to haiku.
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A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
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any of several forms of verse used in epic or dramatic poetry
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Alternative spelling of Hudibrastic [Of, or relating to a style of English verse that mocks heroic verse.]
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A poem or song in an ithyphallic metre.
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A particular kind of Japanese poem, having a 5-7-7 meter and forming half of an exchange of two poems.
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(poetry) A seasonal word; a word required in haiku to indicate the season.
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A form of French verse written in rhyming couplets or quatrains, sometimes with a religious theme.
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(historical) A mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance, with stanzas that do not repeat.
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A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
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A jocular poetic form, combining aspects of the limerick and the Western haiku.
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(poetry) alternately responsive
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(literature) A poem or song consisting of a single verse.
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Any poem mourning the death of someone; an elegy.
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Alternative spelling of mono-verse [(literature) A poem or song consisting of a single verse.]
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(by extension) A verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth.
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Alternative form of neck verse [The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty-first Psalm, "Miserere mei," etc.]
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(obsolete, rare) A poem of eight lines.
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(poetry) Verse written in paeons.
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(Scotland) One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise.
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A section of a long narrative poem; a canto
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A kind of Welsh verse in which the singer has to change words and measure according to the variations of an accompanist on the harp.
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A literary piece written in verse.
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Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
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1627, Michael Drayton, Minor Poems of Michael Drayton, 1907 edition, poem Nimphidia:
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(music) Of or pertaining to the use of more than one chorus; that uses or is intended to use more than one chorus.
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(Roman Catholicism) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.
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(literature) A literary text written in the manner of prose—without the fixed lines, rhyme, and meter often characteristic of poetry—but nonetheless clearly possessing some of the distinctive attributes of poetry, such as lyrical language, evocation of feeling, vivid imagery, metaphor, and linguistic devices like assonance or alliteration.
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A poetic composition consisting of both prose and verse, usually in alternation
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Alternative form of pseudohaiku [False or free-form haiku; any form of syllabically parsimonious or otherwise pithy poetry, usually comprising three lines of verse per poem.]
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False or free-form haiku; any form of syllabically parsimonious or otherwise pithy poetry, usually comprising three lines of verse per poem.
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(poetry) An early verse form in which the first and fourth and the second and third lines of the stanza generally rhymed.
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A form of Japanese verse in which short poems are connected together. Encompasses haikai, the origination point for haiku.
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A type of Japanese poetry formed from linked haikus
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(countable, poetry) A single stanza of this form.
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An early form of poetry, not strictly distinguished from prose writing, but having certain poetical features.
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One who writes in rhythm, especially in poetic rhythm or meter.
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An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.
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Alternative form of rhymic [Pertaining to rhyme.]
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(India) A poetry challenge in which the poet is given a line and must improvise a verse around it.
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(poetry) A Sapphic verse.
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A limping satiric meter in classical verse.
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A particular kind of Japanese poem, composed of two sets of 5-7-7 syllables.
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(poetry) A haiku-like poem of up to 17 syllables that is usually humorous or satirical.
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(poetry) A form of verse constructed so as to begin and end with the same word.
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(poetry) A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
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A poem written in such a way that the lines form a pattern, usually related to the subject-matter of the poem.
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To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
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Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
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A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
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The composition of sonnets
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(poetry) A Sotadic verse or poem.
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A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
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(computing) An XML element which acts as basic unit of meaning in XMPP.
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A story written in verse (in a form of a poem).
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(prosody) The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.
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Malay poetry that is made up of four-line stanzas
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Alternative form of tanka (“former Asian currency unit”) [A form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 morae.]
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(poetry) A form of lyric poem used by troubadours in Provençal in which two voices present different sides of an argument, in alternate stanzas, lines, or groups of lines with identical structure.
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Alternative form of tenson [(poetry) A form of lyric poem used by troubadours in Provençal in which two voices present different sides of an argument, in alternate stanzas, lines, or groups of lines with identical structure.]
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Alternative spelling of tanka [A form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 morae.]
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A section of verse concerning a single theme.
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A kind of Japanese poem.
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Abbreviation of verse. [A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.]
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The lightest kind of lyrical poetry; verses for the amusement of polite society.
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The art of writing poetry.
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The composition of verses; poetry-writing.
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(music) Alternative form of verset (“very short organ interlude or prelude”) [(music) A very short organ interlude or prelude.]
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In poetry and songs, particularly hymns, one of a series of lines that are shorter than a standard line of verse.
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Of or pertaining to verses; designating distinct divisions of a writing.
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(poetry) The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.
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Relating to versification.
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(archaic, especially prosody) Of or pertaining to a verse.
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Pronunciation spelling of vice versa.
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(historical, poetry) A medieval poetic form consisting of two or more three line units in each stanza, in the form aabaab... and continuing on in that pattern.
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Alternative spelling of virelai [(historical, poetry) A medieval poetic form consisting of two or more three line units in each stanza, in the form aabaab... and continuing on in that pattern.]
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A poem written in such a way that the lines form a pattern, usually related to the subject-matter of the poem.
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(poetry) Being a form of poem that is a rearrangement of the words of an existing work.
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(poetry) A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.
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A Burmese form of poetry consisting of up to three stanzas of five lines, with certain constraints on syllables and rhyme.
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