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  • 51Dimetric — Di*met ric, a. [See {Dimeter}, a.] (Crystallog.) Same as {Tetragonal}. Dana. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 52Ambrose — Infobox Saint name= Saint Ambrose birth date= between AD 337 and 340 death date=4 April AD 397 feast day= December 7Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints . 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0… …

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  • 53Meter (poetry) — In poetry, meter (metre in British English) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse meter, or a certain set of meters alternating in a particular order. The study of… …

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  • 54Poetry — 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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  • 55Emily Dickinson — From the daguerreotype taken at Mount Holyoke, December 1846 or early 1847. The only authenticated portrait of Emily Dickinson later than childh …

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  • 56Quicumque Christum Quærtis — is the opening line of the twelfth (in honour of the Epiphany) and last poem in the Cathemerinon of Prudentius. This twelfth poem or hymn contains 52 iambic dimeter strophes, and an irregular selection from its 208 lines has furnished four hymns… …

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  • 57The Penelopiad — infobox Book | name = The Penelopiad title orig = translator = image caption = Book cover of the first Canadian edition author = Margaret Atwood cover artist = country = Canada language = English series = Canongate Myth Series genre = Parallel… …

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  • 58Rockaby — is a short, one woman play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in 1980, in English, at the request of Daniel Labeille who produced it on behalf of Programs in the Arts, State University of New York, for a festival and symposium in commemoration of… …

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  • 59Burns stanza — The Burns stanza is a verse form named after the Scottish poet Robert Burns. It was not, however, invented by Burns, and prior to his use of it was known as the standard Habbie, after the poet Habbie Simpson (1550 1620). It is also sometimes… …

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  • 60Topic outline of poetry — Poetry is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities, in addition to, or instead of, its ostensible meaning. The following topic outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to poetry: Essence of poetry Types of …

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