Amatory poem

  • 1anacreontic — I. a. Amatory, amatorial, amatorian, amorous, erotic, convivial. II. n.; (also anacreontique) Erotic or amatory poem, madrigal, drinking song, wine song …

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  • 2erotic — I. a.; (also erotical) Amatory, amorous, Anacreontic. II. n. Amatory poem, Anacreontic, Anacreontique …

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  • 3sonnet — /ˈsɒnət / (say sonuht) noun 1. Prosody a poem, properly expressive of a single complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines (usually in five foot iambic metre) with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the… …

  • 4pamphlet — [pam′flit] n. [ME pamfilet < OFr Pamphilet, dim. of ML Pamphilus, short for Pamphilus, seu de Amore, Pamphilus, or on Love, title of 12th c. ML amatory poem] 1. a small, thin, unbound book made up of sheets of paper stapled or stitched… …

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  • 5Greek Anthology — The Greek Anthology (also called Anthologia Graeca or, sometimes, the Palatine Anthology ) is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature.While papyri containing fragments of… …

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  • 6complaint —    A complaint is a genre of lyric poem in which a speaker bemoans his own lot or the general condition of society. The late Middle Ages saw four different varieties of complaint: In one type the speaker lamented the depravity of the world or of… …

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  • 7English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …

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  • 8Appendix Vergiliana — The Appendix Vergiliana is a collection of poems traditionally ascribed as juvenilia of Virgil, although it is likely that all the pieces are in fact spurious. Many were considered works of Virgil in antiquity, but it seems that they comprise a… …

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  • 9Italian literature — is literature written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy. It may also refer to literature written by Italians or in Italy in other languages spoken in Italy, often languages that are closely related to modern Italian. Early… …

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  • 10French literature — Introduction       the body of written works in the French language produced within the geographic and political boundaries of France. The French language was one of the five major Romance languages to develop from Vulgar Latin as a result of the …

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