melic poetry

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• poetry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Expression in poems Nouns 1. poetry, ars poetica, poesy, poeticism, poetics, metrics; balladry, the gay science; Muse, Calliope, Erato; versification, rhyming, prosody, orthometry, scansion. See writing …   English dictionary for students

• melic — [mel′ik] adj. [L melicus < Gr melikos < melos, song, musical member, orig., limb < IE base * mel , a limb > Cornish mel, a knuckle] 1. of song or poetry, esp. early Greek lyric poetry 2. meant to be sung; lyric …   English World dictionary

• melic — /mel ik/, adj. 1. intended to be sung. 2. noting or pertaining to the more elaborate form of Greek lyric poetry, as distinguished from iambic and elegiac poetry. [1690 1700; < Gk melikós, equiv. to mél(os) limb, song + ikos IC] * * * …   Universalium

• melic — /ˈmɛlɪk/ (say melik) adjective 1. intended to be sung. 2. denoting or relating to the more elaborate form of Greek lyric poetry, as distinguished from iambic and elegiac poetry. {Greek melikos, from melos song} …  

• melic — adjective Etymology: Latin melicus, from Greek melikos, from melos song more at melody Date: 1699 of or relating to song ; lyric; especially of or relating to Greek lyric poetry of the seventh and sixth centuries B.C …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• melic — mel•ic [[t]ˈmɛl ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) of or pertaining to song 2) lit. of or pertaining to an elaborate form of Greek lyric poetry of the 7th and 6th centuries b.c. • Etymology: 1690–1700; < Gk melikós=mél(os) limb, song + ikos ic …   From formal English to slang

• melic —   a. pertaining to song; lyric; n. such poetry, especially of ancient Greece …   Dictionary of difficult words

• polyphonic prose — Synonyms and related words: Goliardic verse, Hudibrastic verse, amoebean verse, concrete poetry, cubist poetry, dramatic poetry, elegiac poetry, epic poetry, epopee, epos, erotic poetry, expository prose, heroic poetry, imagist verse, light verse …   Moby Thesaurus

• satire — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, English sonnet, Goliardic verse, Horatian ode, Hudibrastic verse, Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, Pindaric ode, Rabelaisian, Sapphic ode, Shakespearean sonnet, agile wit, alba, amoebean verse, anacreontic …   Moby Thesaurus

• List of literary terms — The following is a list of literary terms; that is, those words used in discussion, classification, criticism, and analysis of literature.: See also: Glossary of poetry terms, Literary criticism, Literary theory CompactTOC8 name=Contents… …   Wikipedia

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