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51Epode — Epode, in verse, is the third part of an ode, which followed the strophe and the antistrophe, and completed the movement.At a certain point in time the choirs, which had previously chanted to right of the altar or stage, and then to left of it,… …
52Restoration literature — is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration (1660 ndash;1689), which corresponds to the last years of the direct Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. In general …
53Vedic meter — For the quatrain poetic form of North India and Pakistan, see Chhand (poetry). See Sanskrit meter for meter in Classical Sanskrit poetry. Chandas redirects here. See Chandas (font) for the computer typeface. Part of a series on …
54Topic 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 …
55Political verse — (Greek: Politikos stichos, Πολιτικός στίχος), also known as Decapentasyllabic verse (from Greek dekapentasyllabos, δεκαπεντασύλλαβος, lit. 15 syllable ) is a metric form in Modern Greek poetry. It is an iambic verse of fifteen syllables and has… …
56blank verse — noun unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) • Hypernyms: ↑poem, ↑verse form * * * noun : unrhymed verse; specifically : the unrhymed iambic pentameter verse used especially in English dramatic and narrative poetry * * * unrhymed verse, esp …
57Archilochus — For the hummingbird genus, see Archilochus.Archilochus (Greek: Polytonic|Ἀρχίλοχος) (c. 680 BC c. 645 BC) was a Greek poet and supposed mercenary.Life and poetryThe details of his life are inferred from his poetry, doubtless including details… …
58Lyric poetry — [ Henry Oliver Walker, Lyric Poetry (1896). Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.] Lyric poetry refers to a usually short poem that expresses personal feelings, which may or may not be set to music. [Tom McArthur (ed),… …
59English poetry — The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry, Ford Madox Brown. The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western… …
60Spenserian stanza — The Spenserian stanza is a fixed verse form invented by Edmund Spenser for his epic poem The Faerie Queene . Spenser intended this poem to be many thousands of Spenserian stanzas, hence its epic name, but he died before even 1/4 of his goal was… …
