单词 | skeltonical |
释义 | Skeltonicaladj. Of verse: Pertaining to, or characteristic of, John Skelton (c1460–1529); consisting of short irregular lines with frequent running on of the same rhyme. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [adjective] > in style of specific writer Skeltonical1589 Anacreontic1602 Anacreontical1698 Skeltonic1843 Skeltonian1867 1589 in Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry xxxiii A Skeltonicall salutation..Of the Spanish nation. 1601 A. Munday Downfall Earle of Huntington sig. I2 You fall into your vaine, Of ribble rabble rimes, Skeltonicall. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 245 A Skeltonicall salutation to those that know how to reade. 1843 A. Dyce in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. I. p. cvii Examples of the metre called Skeltonical. 1843 A. Dyce in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. I. p. cxxix Which has some Skeltonical lines. 1843 A. Dyce in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. I. p. cxxix Various Skeltonical passages. 1873 H. Morley First Sketch Eng. Lit. (1886) 217 This form of verse, which has been called Skeltonical, appeared in the delicately playful Boke of Phyllyp Sparowe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1589 |
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