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81The Dead Brother's Song — ( el. Το Τραγούδι Του Νεκρού Αδερφού, or most commonly Του Νεκρού Αδερφού) is a Greek poem, considered to be the oldest surviving dimotikó song of the Greek music.The song was composed in Asia Minor in the 9th century [Samuel Baud Bovy, La… …
82Shakespeare's style — borrowed from the conventions of the day, while at the same time adapting them to his needs.OverviewShakespeare s first plays were written in the conventional style of the day. He wrote them in a stylised language that does not always spring… …
83Пентаметр — (греч. pentámetros, букв. пятистопный) в античном стихосложении дактилический стих, получаемый удвоением первого члена гекзаметра и распадающийся, таким образом, на две равных части по 2½ дактилических стопы, разделённые цезурой: Во втором члене… …
84Archilochus — /ahr kil euh keuhs/, n. fl. c650 B.C., Greek poet. * * * ▪ Greek author flourished c. 650 BC, Paros [Cyclades, Greece] poet and soldier, the earliest Greek writer of iambic, elegiac, and personal lyric poetry whose works have survived to… …
85blank verse — unrhymed verse, esp. the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse. [1580 90] * * * Unrhymed verse, specifically unrhymed iambic pentameter, the preeminent dramatic and narrative verse form in …
86pentameter — pentametrist, n. /pen tam i teuhr/, Pros. n. 1. a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet. 2. Also called elegiac pentameter. Class. Pros. a verse consisting of two dactyls, one long syllable, two more dactyls, and another long syllable. 3 …
87scansion — /skan sheuhn/, n. Pros. the metrical analysis of verse. The usual marks for scansion are breve for a short or unaccented syllable, ¯ or for a long or accented syllable, ^ for a rest, | for a foot division, and || for a caesura or pause. [1645 55; …
88sonnet — sonnetlike, adj. /son it/, n. 1. Pros. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the… …
89Latin literature — Introduction the body of writings in Latin, primarily produced during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, when Latin was a spoken language. When Rome fell, Latin remained the literary language of the Western medieval world until it was …
90Psalms — • The Psalter, or Book of Psalms, is the first book of the Writings , i.e. of the third section of the printed Hebrew Bible of today. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Psalms Psalms …
