poetries
Bodies of verse
Poetries is the plural of poetry, used when distinguishing between different traditions, styles, or bodies of poetic work.
While poetry as a mass noun typically needs no plural, poetries appears in academic and literary contexts to emphasize diversity: the poetries of the African diaspora, medieval European poetries.
The form acknowledges that poetry is not monolithic but encompasses vastly different practices across cultures and eras.
Fourteen-line metered poem
- haikuJapanese seventeen-syllable verse
- odeLaudatory verse form
- elegyPoem lamenting the departed
- balladNarrative poem or song
limerick · villanelle · sestina · epic · couplet · quatrain · stanza · tanka
Device that measures usage
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- prosodyStudy of verse rhythm
- scansionAnalyzing verse rhythm patterns
- iambTwo-syllable metrical foot
trochee · dactyl · anapest · spondee · pentameter · hexameter · stress · syllable
Implied identity comparison
- simileComparison via "as"
- alliterationMatching initial consonants
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
- imageryVivid descriptive language
enjambment · allegory · symbolism · hyperbole · assonance · consonance · anaphora · apostrophe
Felt attitude or view
- passionIntense emotional drive
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- longingIntense, persistent desire
grief · sorrow · heartache · despair · hope · joy · serenity · empathy
Source of creative impulse
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- dreamscapeImagined realm during sleep
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- museThink deeply about
enchantment · reverie · whimsy · mythos · fancy · evocation · transcendence · wonder
sonnet
Fourteen-line metered poem
ballad · limerick · villanelle · sestina · epic · couplet · quatrain · stanza · tanka · rondeau
meter
Device that measures usage
iamb · trochee · dactyl · anapest · spondee · pentameter · hexameter · stress · syllable · foot
metaphor
Implied identity comparison
- simileComparison via "as"
- alliterationMatching initial consonants
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
imagery · enjambment · allegory · symbolism · hyperbole · assonance · consonance · anaphora · apostrophe · synecdoche
sentiment
Felt attitude or view
- passionIntense emotional drive
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
longing · grief · sorrow · heartache · despair · hope · joy · serenity · empathy · remorse
inspiration
Source of creative impulse
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- dreamscapeImagined realm during sleep
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
muse · enchantment · reverie · whimsy · mythos · fancy · evocation · transcendence · wonder · sublimity
poetriesproses
Ordinary unmetered language
novels · essays · journalistic writing · technical writing · reportage
poet, poetry, poetic, poetical, poetically, poetess, unpoetic, poeticize, poetize