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| anapest |
a measure of poetic meter consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable. |
| concrete poetry |
a form of poetry in which the arrangement of words and phrases on the printed page is intended to convey a visual as well as poetic image. |
| heptastich |
a poem or poetic unit with seven verses or lines. |
| indu'th |
(poetic, archaic) endows (contracted form of "endueth"). |
| nonpoetic |
combined form of poetic. |
| ottava rima |
a poetic stanza of eight lines, the first six rhyming in alternation and the last two rhyming with each other. |
| Parnassus |
any center of poetic or artistic endeavor. [1/3 definitions] |
| poeticize |
to make (feelings, thoughts, observations, or the like) poetic; express in poetry. [1/3 definitions] |
| poetize |
to make or treat as poetic. [1/4 definitions] |
| poetry |
that which is poetic. [1/3 definitions] |
| prosody |
the study of poetic forms and meters. [1/2 definitions] |
| rhyme royal |
a seven-line poetic stanza in iambic pentameter, in which the first line rhymes with the third, the second with the fourth and fifth, and the last two with each other. |
| unpoetic |
combined form of poetic. |
| versification |
the art, theory, or practice of poetic composition. [1/4 definitions] |
| willow-wild |
(poetic) frail and thin, as coined by the poet and author Langston Hughes. |
| wondrous |
wonderful, esp. in literary or poetic usage. |
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