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Sapphics — Sap·phic || sæfɪk n. poem written in the style of Sappho (ancient Greek poetess) … English contemporary dictionary
Sapphic stanza — The Sapphic stanza, named after Sappho, is an Aeolic verse form spanning four lines (more properly three, in the poetry of Sappho and Alcaeus, where there is no word end before the final Adonean). The form is two hendecasyllabic verses, and a… … Wikipedia
Timothy Steele — is a United States poet and academic. Born in Burlington, Vermont in 1948, he is a professor of English at California State University, Los Angeles. [ [http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/introduction literature/poetry/steele.htm Timothy Steele]… … Wikipedia
prosody — prosodic /preuh sod ik/, prosodical, adj. /pros euh dee/, n. 1. the science or study of poetic meters and versification. 2. a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton s prosody. 3. Ling. the stress and intonation… … Universalium
Horace — Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (Venosa, December 8, 65 BC Rome, November 27, 8 BC), known in the English speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.LifeBorn in Venosa or Venusia, as it was called in his day … Wikipedia
Meter (poetry) — In poetry, meter (metre in British English) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse meter, or a certain set of meters alternating in a particular order. The study of… … Wikipedia
Algernon Charles Swinburne — (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. His poetry was highly controversial in its day, much of it containing recurring themes of sadomasochism, death wish, lesbianism and irreligion. Biography Swinburne was born at 7… … Wikipedia
William Cowper — This article is about the poet. For other people with the same name, see William Cowper (disambiguation). William Cowper Portrait of Cowper by Lemuel Francis Abbott. Born … Wikipedia
Glossary of poetry terms — This is a glossary of poetry terminology.Measures of verseTypes of metreBelow, short/long definitions of a syllable of classical languages correspond to unstressed/stressed of English language.* Amphibrach: short long short * Amphimacer or cretic … Wikipedia
Wessex Poems and Other Verses — is a collection of 51 poems set against the bleak and forbidding Dorset landscape by English writer Thomas Hardy, often referred to as simply Wessex Poems. It was first published in 1898 by New York: Harper, ISBN: 1 58734 021 6. Contents Preface… … Wikipedia
