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| Aeneid |
an epic poem by Virgil that tells of the adventures of Aeneas from the fall of Troy to his founding of Rome. |
| antistrophe |
the second stanza of any poem consisting of alternating stanzas in contrasting metrical form. [1/2 definitions] |
| ballad |
a narrative poem or song. [1/2 definitions] |
| ballade |
a poem of three eight-line or ten-line stanzas followed by an envoy of four or five lines, the stanzas and the envoy all having the same last line. [1/2 definitions] |
| Beowulf |
the title character and hero of an anonymous, alliterative Old English epic poem. |
| bucolic |
a poem about shepherds or the countryside; pastoral poem. [1/2 definitions] |
| cantata |
a musical composition for chorus, soloists, and instruments, based on a sacred text, poem, or play, and similar to but shorter than an oratorio. |
| canto |
a main division of a long poem. |
| Cassandra |
in The Iliad, an ancient Greek epic poem, a woman who saw the future accurately, but who was fated never to be believed. [1/2 definitions] |
| chapbook |
a small book or pamphlet containing a ballad, poem, popular tale, or religious tract. |
| character |
a person in a novel, play, poem, or the like. [1/7 definitions] |
| commission |
to grant a commission for the creation of (a painting, poem, article, or the like). [1/9 definitions] |
| Dido |
in the ancient Roman epic poem The Aeneid by Virgil, the queen of Carthage who detains Aeneas, then kills herself after he abandons her. [1/2 definitions] |
| dithyramb |
any poem or composition having a similar irregular form and vehement character. [1/2 definitions] |
| Divine Comedy |
a rhymed medieval Italian epic poem written by Dante Alighieri, describing his imaginary progression from Hell through Purgatory to Paradise. |
| eclogue |
a poem, usu. in dialogue form, about the charms of country life. |
| elegize |
to commemorate or lament in a poem, song, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| elegy |
a sorrowful or mournful poem or musical composition, esp. a lament for the dead. |
| envoi |
the final stanza of some poems, such as ballades, which summarizes or dedicates the poem. |
| epic |
referring or pertaining to a long poem that celebrates a hero or heroes and recounts their deeds in a grand style. [2/5 definitions] |
| epigram |
a short terse poem, distinguished by wit and irony. [1/2 definitions] |
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