Hymn: A poem praising god or other divine being or place, often sung. E.g., sabine baring-gould, john henry newman, isaac watts, charles wesley, and john wesley.

 

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Hymn: A poem praising god or other divine being or place, often sung. E.g., sabine baring-gould, john henry newman, isaac watts, charles wesley, and john wesley.

Interlaced Rhyme: In long couplets, especially hexameter lines, sufficient room in the line allows a poet to use rhymes in the middle of the line as well as at the end of each line. Swinburne's 'Hymn to Prose . . . View Full Definition

Hallelujah Meter: Verse written in stanzas with each stanza containing six iambic lines, four trimeter lines, and two tetrameter lines--commonly appearing in English hymns.

Hallel: (Hebrew, 'celebrate,' possibly adopted as a loanword from Eblaite) A hymn of praise, specifically in Psalms 113-18, each of which is headed with the plural imperative verb, Hallelujah. The h . . . View Full Definition

Epithalamion: Lyric poem in praise of hymen (the greek god of marriage) or of a particular wedding, such as edmund spenser's 'epithalamion.'

Lyric: Short poem in which the poet, the poet's persona, or a speaker expresses personal feelings, and often addressed to the reader (originally, a poem sung to a lyre).

Paean: Among the earliest Greeks, the word paean signifies 'a dance and hymn with a specific rhythm which is endued with an absolving in healing power' (Burkett 44). In later usage, any song of pra . . . View Full Definition

The Nine Muses: The nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who had the power to inspire artists, poets, singers, and writers. They are listed below along with their spheres of influence: Calliope (epic poetry . . . View Full Definition

Shih Poetry: Shih is Chinese for 'songs.' There is no general word for 'poetry' specifically in Chinese, but there are exact words for different genres of poetry. Shih is the basic or common Chinese vers . . . View Full Definition

Pun: An expression that uses a homonym (two different words spelled identically) to deliver two or more meanings at the same time. For example, 'when professor fudge asked his graduate students t . . . View Full Definition