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11Blank verse — is a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme. In English, the meter most commonly used with blank verse has been iambic pentameter (like that which is used in Shakespearean plays). The first known use of blank verse… …
12Aeolic verse — is a classification of Ancient Greek lyric poetry referring to the distinct verse forms characteristic of the two great poets of Archaic Lesbos, Sappho and Alcaeus, who composed in their native Aeolic dialect. These verse forms were taken up and… …
13Mnemonic verse of monarchs in England — A mnemonic verse listing the monarchs ruling in England since William the Conqueror was traditionally used by English schoolchildren in the era when rote learning formed a major part of the curriculum.[1] The verse as it is commonly set out lists …
14Accentual-syllabic verse — is an extension of accentual verse which fixes both the number of stresses and syllables within a line or stanza. Accentual syllabic verse is highly regular and therefore easily scannable. Usually, either one metrical foot, or a specific pattern… …
15Blank verse — Blank Blank, a. [OE. blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. F. blanc, fem. blanche, fr. OHG. blanch shining, bright, white, G. blank; akin to E. blink, cf. also AS. blanc white. ?98. See {Blink}, and cf. 1st {Blanch}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of a white… …
16Æthelstan Half-King — Æthelstan (died after 957), commonly called Æthelstan Half King, was Ealdorman of East Anglia and the leading member of a very prominent Anglo Saxon family. Æthelstan became a monk at Glastonbury Abbey in 957.Origins and careerÆthelstan was the… …
17Anglican chant — is a way to sing un metrical texts, such as prose translations of the psalms, canticles, and other, similar biblical texts by matching the natural speech rhythm of the words in each verse to a short piece of metrical music.Anglican Chant was… …
18Conditional preservation of the saints — The Five Articles of Remonstrance Conditional election Unlimited atonement Total depravity …
19Clément Marot — (23 November 1496 – 12 September 1544) was a French poet of the Renaissance period. Clément Marot …
20Tribe of Simeon — The Tribe of Simeon (Hebrew Name|שִׁמְעוֹן|Šimʻon|Šimʻôn| Hearkening; listening ) was one of the Tribes of Israel. At its height, the territory it occupied was in the southwest of Canaan, bordered on the east and south by the tribe of Judah; the… …
