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Glossary of Poetry Terms
Iamb, enjambment, senryu, and more by Ann-Marie Imbornoni A-B | C-D | E-H | I-M | N-R | S-VAccent The prominence or emphasis given to a syllable or word. In the word poetry, the accent (or…National Poetry Month
Featured Biography Marianne Moore American poet Notable Poets » Akhmatova - Byron Catullus - Dunbar Eliot - Hughes Jarrell - Millay Neruda - Rumi…Bollingen Prize in Poetry
The Bollingen Prize in Poetry, a prestigious literary honor given by the Beinecke Library of Yale University, is currently awarded every two years…The Devil's Dictionary: Poetry
by Ambrose Bierce POCKETPOKERPOETRY -n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.Brewer's: Kidderminster Poetry
Coarse doggerel verse, like the coarse woollen manufacture of Kidderminster. The term was first used by Shenstone, who applied it to a Mr. C., of Kidderminster. Thy verses, friend, are…Brewer's: Bernesque Poetry
Serio-comic poetry; so called from Francesco Berni, of Tuscany, who greatly excelled in it. (1490-1536). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bernouilli's…Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
The premier prize for American poetry The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, first given in 1922, is widely recognized as one of the biggest prizes in the American publishing industry. It's important to…Brewer's: Cutler's Poetry
Mere jingles or rhymes. Knives had, at one time, a distich inscribed on the blade by means of aqua fortis. Whose posy was For all the world like cutler's poetry Upon a kuife. Shakespeare…Brewer's: Didactic Poetry
is poetry that teaches some moral lesson, as Pope's Essay on Man. (Greek, didasko, I teach.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DiddleDictator of Letters A B…Trending
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