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• anapests — n. foot consisting of two short syllables followed by one long (Poetry) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Poetry analysis — is the process of investigating a poem s form, content, and history in an informed way, with the aim of heightening one s own and others understanding and appreciation of the work.The words poem and poetry derive from the Greek poiēma (to make)… …   Wikipedia

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• logaoedic — I. |lägə|ēdik adjective Etymology: Late Latin logaoedicus, from Late Greek logaoidikos, from log + aoidē music, poetry (from aeidein to sing) + ikos ic more at ode : having a metrical rhythm marked by the mixture of several meters; specifically …   Useful english dictionary

• PROSODY, HEBREW — This article is a survey of the history of Hebrew poetic forms from the Bible to the present time. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction the variety of formal systems the specific nature of hebrew literary history …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Anapest — An a*pest, n. [L. anapaestus, Gr. ? an anapest, i.e., a dactyl reserved, or, as it were, struck back; fr. ?; ? back + ? to strike.] 1. (Pros.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Anapestic — An a*pes tic, a. [L. anapaesticus, Gr. ?.] Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse. n. Anapestic measure or verse. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• logaoedic — adjective Etymology: Late Latin logaoedicus, from Late Greek logaoidikos, from Greek log + aeidein to sing; from the resemblance of such rhythm to prose more at ode Date: 1844 marked by the mixture of several meters; specifically having a rhythm… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• Poetry — This article is about the art form. For other uses, see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella …   Wikipedia

• Anapaest — An anapaest or anapest, also called antidactylus, is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. In classical quantitative meters it consists of two short syllables followed by a long one (as in a na paest); in accentual stress meters it consists of… …   Wikipedia