| 单词 | verse form |
| 释义 | verse form (once / 83825 pages) n WORD FAMILY verse form: verse forms USAGE EXAMPLESHe takes traditional verse forms — sonnets, sestinas, ballads, pantoums — and retools them, as if they were engine parts, for his own purposes as well. New York Times(Nov 22, 2016) The prophets used freely either the prose form or verse form in their messages. Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman, Outline Studies in the Old Testamen...(2012) Alike in verse form, the two poems differ significantly in ideas and style; there the discrepancy justifies the different fates of the two. Anonymous, Two Burlesques of Lord Chesterfield...(2011) n a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper poem Aeneid an epic in Latin by Virgil; tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War; provides an illustrious historical background for the Roman Empire Divina Commediaa narrative epic poem written by Dante Iliada Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy Odysseya Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy Nibelungenliedan epic poem written in Middle High German and based on the legends of Siegfried and Teutonic kings abecedarius a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order Alcaic, Alcaic verseverse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus ballad, laya narrative poem of popular origin balladea poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy blank verseunrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) elegy, lamenta mournful poem; a lament for the dead epic, epic poem, epos, heroic poema long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds free verse, vers libreunrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern haikuan epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines lyric, lyric poema short poem of songlike quality rondeau, rondela French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas sonneta verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme tankaa form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables terza rimaa verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc. rhyme, versea piece of poetry versiclea short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation clerihewa witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person doggerel, doggerel verse, jinglea comic verse of irregular measure limericka humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba roundelEnglish form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third rondeleta shorter form of rondeau chanson de gesteOld French epic poems rhapsodyan epic poem adapted for recitation Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonneta sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd Elizabethan sonnet, English sonnet, Shakespearean sonneta sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg Spenserian sonneta sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd ee odea lyric poem with complex stanza forms sursum corda(Roman Catholic Church) a Latin versicle meaning `lift up your hearts' heroic, heroic meter, heroic versea verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter Eddaeither of two distinct works in Old Icelandic dating from the late 13th century and consisting of 34 mythological and heroic ballads composed between 800 and 1200; the primary source for Scandinavian mythology literary composition, literary work imaginative or creative writing |
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