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POETIC INTERPRETATION OF LIFE
Components of Poetry

Poems are a literary work written in stanzas and lines using rhythm (beat) to convey ideas and emotions.​ Sentence length, word placement and line groupings make up the structure and form of a poem. ​
BUT REALLY, WHAT IS POETRY?
Poetry is an echo asking a shadow to dance

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​POET - person who creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be a writer of poetry, or may perform their art to an audience. The work of a poet is essentially one of communication, either expressing ideas in a literal sense, such as writing about a specific event or place, or metaphorically

BALLADMONGER - a seller or composer of ballads or a poor, inferior poet. This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600

COUPLETEER - one of many terms that alters the name of the type of writing. A coupleteer writes couplets, much as an ‘epigrammatarian’ writes epigrams, a ‘legendarian’ writes legends, and a ‘manuscriptor’ writes manuscripts

ELEGIST - the composer of an elegy, a mournful poem lamenting the dead

FILI - members of an elite class of poets in Ireland and Scotland, up until the Renaissance.

HYMNOGRAPHER - a lyrical poet who writes sacred poetry. A hymnographer may have their lyrics sung by millions of people every Sunday morning, but are not always included in anthologies of poetry. Because hymns are perceived as "worship" rather than "poetry," the term ARTISTIC KENOSIS is sometimes used to describe the hymnographer's success. Kenosis is the "self-emptying" of one's personal will to become entirely receptive to divine will

IDYLLIST - a writer of idylls; an idyllic poet or writer; one who depicts idyllic or pastoral subjects

LIBRETTIST - the writer of a libretto. A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term libretto is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as the Mass, requiem and sacred cantata, or the story line of a ballet

LYRICIST - is a writer who writes lyrics—words for songs—as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment

MYTHOPOET - a writer of mythic or mythological poetry; a mythopoeic writer.

PALINODIST - a writer of palinodes; a poem in which the poet retracts a view or sentiment expressed in a former poem

POETICULE - an inferior poet. Also called a POETASTER

SCOP - an Old English poet: a bard

SKALD - (in ancient Scandinavia) a composer and reciter of poems honoring heroes and their deeds. Poets composed at the courts of Scandinavian leaders during the Viking Age, 793–1066 AD through the Middle Ages (5th century – 15th century). Skaldic poetry and Eddic poetry forms the main groupings of Old Norse poetry

SONNETEER - writer of sonnets

TROUBADOR — a French medieval lyric poet composing and singing in Provençal in the 11th to 13th centuries, especially on the theme of courtly love

VERSEMONGER - maker of verses; a rimer; a poetaster. A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; used humorously or in contempt

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ARS POETICA - A poem that explains the “art of poetry,” or a meditation on poetry using the form and techniques of a poem

BARBARISM - use of nonstandard or foreign speech, the use of a word awkwardly forced into a poem's meter, or unconventional pronunciation

CARMEN - Greek for a poem, song or prophecy

CLERIHEW - short, funny, nonsensical biographical poem, usually used to poke fun at a famous person

CRAMBO-CLINK - also known as crambo-jink, this is a word for poor quality poetry—or, figuratively, a long-winded and ultimately pointless conversation

DITHYRAMB - a wild choral hymn of ancient Greece, especially one dedicated to Dionysus. Also a passionate or inflated speech, poem, or other writing

ENCOMIUM - means to celebrate. It’s a speech, poem, or other text written in praise of a specific person or thing. Writers use elevated language and praise for their object and apply very strong terms

EPITHALAMIUM -poem or song written in celebration of a marriage

LOQUACIOUS - generally suggests the power to express oneself fluently, articulately, or glibly, but it can also mean "talking excessively." Poets quickly adapted loquacious and stretched its meaning to reference the chattering of birds and the babbling of brooks. The ultimate source of all this chattiness is ‘loqui’ a Latin verb meaning "to speak." Other words derived from loqui include colloquial, eloquent, soliloquy, and ventriloquism

MONDEGREENS - misunderstood song lyrics.

MUSOPHOBIST - A person who doesn't like poetry and is suspicious of it

PARACLAUSITHYRON - Greek motif in which someone sings outside their lover’s door, begging to be let in

PARNASSIAN - 1. relating to poetry; poetic. 2.relating to a group of French poets of the late 19th century who emphasized strictness of form through the Parnassian movement

PARNASSUS - collection of poetry

PIERIAN - poetic inspiration

POESY - art or composition of poetry. Late Middle English from Old French poesie, via Latin from Greek poēsis, variant of poiēsis meaning “making, poetry.” From poiein meaning “create”

POETEEZE - to write poetry

POETIC LICENSE - A poet’s departure from the rules of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary in order to maintain a metrical or rhyme scheme. It can also mean the manipulation of facts to suit the needs of a poem

PROSODY - the study of the structure of poetry

RHAPSODY - (in ancient Greece) an epic poem, or part of it, of a suitable length for recitation at one time. Derived via Latin from the Greek rhapsōidia, from rhaptein meaning “stitch’ and ōidē meaning “song, ode’.”

TRISTICHOUS - Arranged in three rows or ranks. A tristich is a group of 3 lines of poetry or a stanza of 3 lines. A distich is a couplet

WORD CRAFT - Old English wordcræft meaning poetic art, eloquence

VATES - ancient Celtic bards, prophets and philosophers. The terms correspond to a Proto-Celtic word which can be reconstructed as wātis. They are sometimes also used as English equivalents to later Celtic terms such as Irish fáith meaning "prophet, seer"

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