Greek lyricGreek lyric is the body of lyric poetry written in dialects of Ancient Greek. It is primarily associated with the early 7th to the early 5th centuries BC, sometimes called the "Lyric Age of Greece", but continued to be written into the Hellenistic and Imperial periods. Lyric is one of three broad categories of poetry in classical antiquity, along with drama and epic, according to the scheme of the "natural forms of poetry" developed by Goethe in the early nineteenth century.
Poésie narrativeLa poésie narrative est un courant de la poésie italienne contemporaine dont les principaux représentants sont Carlo Bordini, Mauro Fabi et Andrea di Consoli. Cette poésie, qui sans renoncer à sa dimension expérimentale ou à une certaine forme de lyrisme exploite des matériaux divers - en usant du collage ou en incluant des fragments discursifs ou narratifs - et s'appuie sur le rythme et l'oralité non pour cacher le sens, mais pour le révéler.
Internal rhymeIn poetry, internal rhyme, or middle rhyme, is rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse, or between internal phrases across multiple lines. By contrast, rhyme between line endings is known as end rhyme. Internal rhyme schemes can be denoted with spaces or commas between lines. For example, denotes a three-line poem with the same internal rhyme on each line, and the same end rhyme on each line (which does not rhyme with the internal rhyme). The following example is in limerick form.
Langue classiqueEn sociolinguistique, une langue classique est une langue dotée de prestige au sein d'une culture donnée, en tant que porteuse d'une littérature qui y est considérée comme classique : ancienne, fondatrice, digne d'être enseignée et imitée. L'expression s'utilise largement par opposition avec la langue vernaculaire, qui est celle du quotidien. La langue classique peut être une variété de prestige du vernaculaire, ou en être complètement différente.
ElegiacThe adjective elegiac has two possible meanings. First, it can refer to something of, relating to, or involving, an elegy or something that expresses similar mournfulness or sorrow. Second, it can refer more specifically to poetry composed in the form of elegiac couplets. An elegiac couplet consists of one line of poetry in dactylic hexameter followed by a line in dactylic pentameter.
Petrarchan sonnetThe Petrarchan sonnet, also known as the Italian sonnet, is a sonnet named after the Italian poet Francesco Petrarca, although it was not developed by Petrarch himself, but rather by a string of Renaissance poets. Because of the structure of Italian, the rhyme scheme of the Petrarchan sonnet is more easily fulfilled in that language than in English. The original Italian sonnet form consists of a total of fourteen hendecasyllabic lines (in English sonnets, iambic pentameter is used) in two parts, the first part being an octave and the second being a sestet.
AnthologieUne anthologie est un recueil de textes ou de morceaux choisis partageant les mêmes caractéristiques : thèmes, genres, styles, langues, origines géographiques, auteurs, etc. Un exemple littéraire ancien est l’Anthologie grecque, un autre musical relativement récent est The Beatles Anthology. En littérature, qu'elle soit en prose ou en vers, le terme de florilège peut être utilisé comme synonyme de celui d'anthologie, ou, dans un sens plus didactique, celui de chrestomathie.
Rhetorical deviceIn rhetoric, a rhetorical device, persuasive device, or stylistic device is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading them towards considering a topic from a perspective, using language designed to encourage or provoke an emotional display of a given perspective or action. They seek to make a position or argument more compelling than it would otherwise be. Sonic devices depend on sound.
Vers syllabiqueLe vers syllabique est une forme poétique ayant un nombre fixe ou contraint de syllabes par ligne. En revanche, accentuation et ton, présents dans des poèmes en langue à accentuation, ne jouent qu'un rôle secondaire voire absent. Il est répandu dans les langues à syllabe, comme le français ou le finnois, par opposition aux langues à accentuation, comme l' anglais, dans lesquelles les vers accentués et les vers accentués syllabiques sont plus courants.
SestetA sestet is six lines of poetry forming a stanza or complete poem. A sestet is also the name given to the second division of an Italian sonnet (as opposed to an English or Spenserian Sonnet), which must consist of an octave, of eight lines, succeeded by a sestet, of six lines. The etymology of the word can be traced to the Italian word sestetto, meaning “sixth”. The origin of the sonnet form has been traced to poems by Giacomo di Lentino in Sicily. The original sonnet form is the Sicilian Sonnet (also in octave and sestet) rhyming ABABABAB CDECDE or CDCDCD.
