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  • 61polystichous — adjective Etymology: Greek polystichos, from poly + stichos row more at distich Date: circa 1889 arranged in several rows …

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  • 62Meter (poetry) — In poetry, meter (metre in British English) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse meter, or a certain set of meters alternating in a particular order. The study of… …

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  • 63Poetry — This article is about the art form. For other uses, see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella …

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  • 64Stanza — In poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. In modern poetry, the term is often equivalent with strophe; in popular vocal music, a stanza is typically referred to as a verse (as distinct from the refrain, or chorus ). A stanza consists of …

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  • 65Raphael — Infobox Artist bgcolour = #EEDD82 name = Raffaello Sanzio imagesize = 210px caption = Self portrait by Raphael, missing since World War II birthname = Raffaello Sanzio birthdate = birth date|mf=yes|1483|4|6|mf=y location = Urbino, Italy deathdate …

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  • 66William Byrd — (c. 1540 ndash; 4 July 1623) was an English composer of the Renaissance. He cultivated many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard and consort music ProvenanceOur knowledge… …

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  • 67Strophe — (Greek , turn, bend, twist , see also phrase) is a concept in versification which properly means a turn, as from one foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other. A strophe is also the part of the ode that the chorus chants as it… …

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  • 68Epode — Epode, in verse, is the third part of an ode, which followed the strophe and the antistrophe, and completed the movement.At a certain point in time the choirs, which had previously chanted to right of the altar or stage, and then to left of it,… …

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  • 69Phemonoe — In Greek mythology, Phemonoe was a Greek poetess of the ante Homeric period. She was said to have been the daughter of Apollo, his first priestess at Delphi, [ [http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Delphi.html Greek Mythology Link (Carlos Parada)… …

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  • 70Ferdowsi — Hakīm Abū l Qāsim Firdawsī Tūsī (PerB|حکیم ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی), more commonly transliterated as Ferdowsi, (935 ndash;1020) was a highly revered Persian poet. He was the author of the Shāhnāmeh , the national epic of Persian speaking world as… …

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