[Visited Nov' 16] This extensive glossary of poetry terms is one component of the multifaceted web presence of the Poetry Foundation (CH, Aug'09, 46-6546), which features poems published over the past century in Poetry magazine, essays by prominent critics, educational resources, audio and ...
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Explore the Craft of Writing Poetry Glossary Definitions are simplified and limited to their use within the scope of poetic study. I recommend the use of a good dictionary for more complete explanation. Poetic terms defined A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H
that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons of heaven. -- Samuel Johnson, in the preface to his Dictionary Custom Search Last modified on June 16, 2022 Glossary of Poetic Terms from BOB'S BYWAY Copyright © 1996 - 2022, by Robert G. Shubinski rgshubinski@...
Scansion is the process of analyzing the metrical pattern, poetic stress, rhythm, and rhymes. However, not all poetry follows organized meters. Sometimes, it goes with free verse. Literary Terms and Devices in Poetry In understanding the meaning of poetry, denotation and connotation must be used...
explication: A critical interpretation of a text. foot: A unit of poetic meter consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables. formalism: A kind of literary analysis that emphasizes using elements of form to interpretmeaning. free verse: A kind of poetry that varies in length, typography, rhythm...
Glossary of Literary Terms “Stuff You Should Know” Tone The writer’s attitude toward his/her subject or audience. Tone can be described with words such as: formal, informal, humorous, serious, etc. Mood (atmosphere) The feeling created by a literary work or passage. Mood can be described...
Northanger Abbey Charles Dickens, Great Expectations Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage Conceit.?An elaborate, usually intellectually ingenious poetic comparison or image, such as an analogy or metaphor in which, say a beloved is compared to a ship, planet, etc. The comparison may be brief...
Empire and poetic voice: Cognitive and cultural studies of literary tradition and colonialism the Bengali original of Tagore's novel, and to Lalita Pandit for cogent comments on one chapter and for suggesting the glossary of theoretical terms. Two... PC Hogan - University of Virginia Press 被引...
Periphrasis can also lend prose a poetic or even archaic flavor. As Katie Wales notes, periphrasis is at work in the 'kennings' ofOld Englishpoetry ('swan road' for 'sea,' or 'heath stepper' for 'deer')." (Chris Holcomb and M. Jimmie Killingsworth,Performing Prose: The Study and Prac...