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Brewer's: Aretinian Syllables
Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, used by Guido d'Arezzo in the eleventh century for his system of hexachords. Hexachord means a scale of six notes. They are the first syllables of some words in…rhyme
(Encyclopedia) rhyme or rime, the most prominent of the literary artifices used in versification. Although it was used in ancient East Asian poetry, rhyme was practically unknown to the ancient…Poems by Emily Dickinson: A Syllable
XI Parting A Syllable Could mortal lip divine The undeveloped freight Of a delivered syllable, 'T would crumble with the weight. Contents XI Partingpentameter
(Encyclopedia) pentameterpentameterpĕntămˈətər [key] [Gr.,=measure of five], in prosody, a line to be scanned in five feet (see versification). The third line of Thomas Nashe's “Spring” is in…versification
(Encyclopedia) versification, principles of metrical practice in poetry. In different literatures poetic form is achieved in various ways; usually, however, a definite and predictable pattern is…Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): A Syllable
by EmilyDickinsonXIPartingA Syllable A Syllable Could mortal lip divine The undeveloped freight Of a delivered syllable, 'T would crumble with the weight.ablaut
(Encyclopedia) ablautablautäpˈlout [key] [Ger.,=off-sound], in inflection, vowel variation (as in English sing, sang, sung, song) caused by former differences in syllabic accent. In a prehistoric…Boscán Almogáver, Juan
(Encyclopedia) Boscán Almogáver, JuanBoscán Almogáver, Juanhwän bōskänˈ älmôgäˈvĕr [key], c.1495–1542, Spanish poet. A Catalan aristocrat, Boscán was a literary figure at the court of Ferdinand V. He…Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet
(Encyclopedia) Garcilaso de la VegaGarcilaso de la Vegagärthēläˈsō ᵺā lä vāˈgä [key], 1503?–1536, lyric poet of the Spanish Golden Age, b. Toledo. Garcilaso, the embodiment of the cultured and gifted…accent
(Encyclopedia) accent, in speech, emphasis given a particular sound, called prosodic systems in linguistics. There are three basic accentual methods: stress, tone, and length. In English each word…Trending
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