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
GLOSSARY OF POETIC TERMS SAPPHIC VERSE After the odes of the Greek lyric poet, Sappho, a poem with lines of eleven syllables in fivefeet, of which the first, fourth and fifth feet aretrochees, the second aspondee, and the third adactyl. The Sapphicstropheconsists of three Sapphic lines fo...
Glossary of Poetic Terms AllegoryThe turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. The climax represents the point of greatest tension in the work. The climax of John Updike's "A&P," for example, occurs when Sammy quits his job as a cashier.oedipus the king...
internal rhyme rhymed words within a poetic line. irony an implied discrepancy between the actual event or statement and what is meant. juvenilia literary works produced by an immature author. lyricism strikingly emotional verse that flows like a melody. magical realism free association of whimsy, ...
Glossary of Terms http://www.gale.cengage.com A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Z A Abstract: Used as a noun, the term refers to a short summary or outline of a longer work. As an ...
Also seeGlossary of Sikh Terms pdf. Adi Granth: Literally translated, "the first book," the early compilation of the Sikh scriptures by Guru Arjan, the fith Sikh Guru, in 1604. Adi Shakti: Symbol on the turban pin worn by Sikh women represents the Primal Feminine Creative Energy of the ...
This document offers a glossary of terms related to the material in Halliday (1994), Halliday & Hasan (1985), Martin (1992), Matthiessen (1995), and other systemic-functional works, either theoretical or descriptive (see Matthiessen, 1995: Section 1.9 and Figure 1-23). It is based on ...
Showing a limited preview of this publication: GlossaryThe verses and phrases used as Rinzai kõan capping phrases are takenfrom classical Chinese literature. They employ a large number of allusions, poeticimages, and symbols that assume a considerable background knowledge of the his-tory, myths...
The traditional poetaster is ``an inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art'' (Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913) or a ``writer of insignificant, meretricious, or shoddy poetry'' (American Heritage, 2000). What is implicit in these typical definitions is that the ...
The NJB incorporates some formatting innovations over TJB: a single column of text and poetic passages lineated as verse; bold section headings. The 1956 French basis, popularly known as La Bible de Jérusalem, was prepared by the Dominican Biblical School in Jerusalem. I doubted that it had ...