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  • 11free verse — noun unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern • Syn: ↑vers libre • Hypernyms: ↑poem, ↑verse form * * * noun Etymology: translation of French vers libre : verse whose meter is irregular in some respect or who …

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  • 12blank verse — blank′ verse′ n. pro unrhymed verse • Etymology: 1580–90 …

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  • 13Blank 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… …

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  • 14alliterative verse — noun : verse usually unrhymed having alliteration as a structural element Old English alliterative verse …

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  • 15Frost, Robert — ▪ American poet Introduction in full  Robert Lee Frost  born March 26, 1874, San Francisco, California, U.S. died January 29, 1963, Boston, Massachusetts  American poet who was much admired for his depictions of the rural life of New England, his …

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  • 16pentameter — pentametrist, n. /pen tam i teuhr/, Pros. n. 1. a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet. 2. Also called elegiac pentameter. Class. Pros. a verse consisting of two dactyls, one long syllable, two more dactyls, and another long syllable. 3 …

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  • 1716th century in literature — See also: 15th century in literature, other events of the 16th century, 17th century in literature, list of years in literature.Events1539:*Marie Dentière writes an open letter to Marguerite of Navarre, sister of the King of France; the Epistre… …

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  • 18Curtis Hidden Page — (April 4, 1870[1] December 13, 1946[2]) was a United States educator and writer. He was born in Greenwood, Missouri. He graduated from Harvard University, where in 1890 he became the first recipient of the George B. Sohier Prize for literature.… …

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  • 19Pange Lingua Gloriosi — • Article on the two hymns of this name. The second is by Thomas Aquinas. The first is generally credited to Venantius Fortunatus, though some believe it is the work of Claudianus Mamertus Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pange Lingua… …

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  • 20Frederick Gard Fleay — (1831 ndash; 1909) was an influential and prolific nineteenth century Shakespeare scholar.Fleay, the son of a linen draper, graduated from King s College London (1849) and Trinity College, Cambridge (1853), where he received mathematical training …

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