单词 | semantic poetry |
释义 | > as lemmassemantic poetry semantic poetry n. a form of poetry in which certain words (esp. those which are hackneyed or overfamiliar) are replaced with their dictionary definitions. ΚΠ 1949 S. Themerson (title) Bayamus and the theatre of semantic poetry. 1969 Poetry Rev. 60 274 Semantic Poetry..avoids all forms of rhetorical device and relies upon a text derived from traditional language by replacing each word by its dictionary definition. 1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 Aug. (Late City final ed.) vii. 26/1 The poet engages in ‘semantic poetry’, substituting Oxford English Dictionary definitions for the words of a bawdy limerick. < as lemmas |
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