o'er
Across, in verse
O'er is a poetic contraction of over, used to fit meter or achieve an archaic tone: O'er the ramparts we watched.
It appears in hymns, folk songs, and older verse.
Outside deliberate archaism, o'er sounds affected in modern prose.
From side to side
- uponPreposition meaning atop
- beyondFarther than something
- spanningExtending across something
- throughoutIn every part
Metered poetic passage
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- meterDevice that measures usage
ballad · ode · elegy · couplet · quatrain · iambic · pentameter · Keats
Pleasing sequence of notes
- hymnReligious song of praise
- carolFestive seasonal song
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- refrainAbstain from acting
chorus · ballad · folk song · traditional · Auld Lang Syne · minstrel · serenade · lullaby
Made more concise
- elisionDropped sounds in speech
- apostropheMark showing ownership
- abbreviatedMade shorter, typically words
- syncopatedRhythmically accent-shifted
ye
Archaic second-person plural
thither · whither · betwixt · anon · dost · doth · verily · fain · prithee · quoth
across
From side to side
verse
Metered poetic passage
meter · ballad · ode · elegy · couplet · quatrain · iambic · pentameter · Keats · Shelley
melody
Pleasing sequence of notes
refrain · chorus · ballad · folk song · traditional · Auld Lang Syne · minstrel · serenade · lullaby · madrigal
shortened
Made more concise
- elisionDropped sounds in speech
- apostropheMark showing ownership
- abbreviatedMade shorter, typically words
syncopated · clipped · condensed · truncated