a line of verse ou poetry

  • 1line of verse — noun a single line of words in a poem • Syn: ↑line of poetry • Hypernyms: ↑line • Hyponyms: ↑acatalectic, ↑Alexandrine, ↑catalectic, ↑hypercatalectic …

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  • 2Poetry — This article is about the art form. For other uses, see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella …

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  • 3POETRY — This article is arranged according to the following outline (for modern poetry, see hebrew literature , Modern; see also prosody ): biblical poetry introduction the search for identifiable indicators of biblical poetry the presence of poetry in… …

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  • 4verse — /verrs/, n., adj., v., versed, versing. n. 1. (not in technical use) a stanza. 2. a succession of metrical feet written, printed, or orally composed as one line; one of the lines of a poem. 3. a particular type of metrical line: a hexameter verse …

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  • 5verse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. versification; poetry, prosody, poesy; line; stanza; meter, measure; poem, doggerel; passage. See part. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Composition in poetic form] Syn. poetry, poem, metrical composition,… …

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  • 6Verse (poetry) — A verse is generally considered to be a single line in a metrical composition, e.g. poetry. However, the use of verse has come to represent any division or grouping of words in such a composition, which traditionally had been referred to as a… …

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  • 7verse form — noun a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines • Syn: ↑poem • Hypernyms: ↑literary composition, ↑literary work • Hyponyms: ↑abecedarius, ↑Alcaic, ↑ …

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  • 8line of poetry — noun a single line of words in a poem • Syn: ↑line of verse • Hypernyms: ↑line • Hyponyms: ↑acatalectic, ↑Alexandrine, ↑catalectic, ↑hypercatalectic …

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  • 9line — line1 linable, lineable, adj. lineless, adj. linelike, adj. /luyn/, n., v., lined, lining. n. 1. a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page. 2. Math. a …

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  • 10line — I. /laɪn / (say luyn) noun 1. a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface. 2. something resembling a traced line, as a band of colour, a seam, a furrow, etc.: lines of stratification in… …