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All poesy synonyms

po·e·sy
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noun poesy

  • blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
  • epode — A form of lyric poem written in couplets, in which a long line is followed by a shorter one.
  • limerick — a county in N Munster, in the SW Republic of Ireland. 037 sq. mi. (2686 sq. km).
  • haiku — a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
  • balladry — ballad poetry or songs
  • half-rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
  • quatrain — a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
  • ode — a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
  • half rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
  • alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
  • lines — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
  • lyric — (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
  • doggerel — comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure. rude; crude; poor.
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