English > verse: 5 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | literature in metrical form. |
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| Synonyms | poetry, poesy |
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| Category of | Erin | An early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry |
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| alliterate | Use alliteration as a form of poetry |
| apace | (poetic, literary) quickly |
| darkling | (poetic) occurring in the dark / dark or night |
| dolor, dolour | (poetry) painful grief |
| elegize, elegise | Compose an elegy |
| hush, stillness, still | (poetic) tranquil silence |
| lyric | Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way) |
| lyric | Write lyrics for (a song) |
| metrify | Compose in poetic meter |
| relyric | Write new lyrics for (a song) |
| rhyme, rime | Compose rhymes |
| scan | conform to a metrical pattern |
| scrivened | Copied in handwriting / handwriting |
| sonnet | Compose a sonnet |
| sonnet | praise in a sonnet |
| spondaize, spondaise | make spondaic |
| stilly | (poetic) still or calm |
| sweetly, sweet | In an affectionate or loving manner ('sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of 'sweetly') |
| tag | Supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes |
| verse, versify, poetize, poetise | Compose verses or put into verse |
| Narrower | epos | A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme |
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| heroic poetry, epic poetry | poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero |
| Broader | writing style, literary genre, genre | A style of expressing yourself in writing |
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| Spanish | poema, poesía, verso |
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| Catalan | poesia, vers |
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| Verbs | verse, versify | compose verses or put into verse |
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