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Danrin school

The Danrin school (談林派) is a school of haikai poetry founded by the poet Nishiyama Sōin (1605 to 1682). The name literally means 'talkative forest' – in other words a ‘Literary Forest’.

Origins

The school arose in reaction against the serious "bookishness" and c...
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Anacrusis

In poetic and musical meter, and by analogy in publishing, an anacrusis (from Greek: ἀνάκρουσις, anákrousis, literally: 'pushing up', plural anacruses) is a brief introduction (not to be confused with a literary or musical introduction, foreword, or with a preface).

It is a set ...
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Anaphora (rhetoric)

In rhetoric, an anaphora (Greek: ἀναφορά, "carrying back") is a rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis. In contrast, an epistrophe (or epiphora) is repeating words at the clauses' ends. The comb...
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Allusion

Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly. It is left to the audience to make the direct connection. Where the connection is directly and explicitly stated (as opposed to indirectly implied) by the author, it is in...
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Pindar

Pindar (; Greek: Πίνδαρος Pindaros, [píndaros]; Latin: Pindarus; c. 518 BC – c. 438 BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian wrote, "Of the nine lyric poets, Pindar is by far the gr...
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Palinode

A palinode or palinody is an ode in which the writer retracts a view or sentiment expressed in an earlier poem. The first recorded use of a palinode is in a poem by Stesichorus in the 7th century BC, in which he retracts his earlier statement that the Trojan War was all the fault of Helen.An importa...
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Odes (Horace)

The Odes (Latin: Carmina) are a collection in four books of Latin lyric poems by Horace. The Horatian ode format and style has been emulated since by other poets. Books 1 to 3 were published in 23 BC. A fourth book, consisting of 15 poems, was published in 13 BC.

The Odes were developed as ...
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Doha

Doha (Hindi: दोहा) is a form of self-contained rhyming couplet in poetry composed in Mātrika metre. This genre of poetry first became common in Apabhraṃśa and was commonly used in Hindustani language poetry.Among the most famous dohas are those of Sarahpa, Kabir, Mirabai, Rahim, Tulsida...
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Spenserian stanza

The Spenserian stanza is a fixed verse form invented by Edmund Spenser for his epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590–96). Each stanza contains nine lines in total: eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a single 'alexandrine' line in iambic hexameter. The rhyme scheme of these lines is ABABBCBCC...
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Sestain

A sestain is a six line poem or repetitive unit of a poem of this format (musaddas), comparable to quatrain (Ruba'i in Persian and Arabic) which is a four line poem or a unit of a poem. There are many types of sestain with different rhyme schemes, for example AABBCC, ABABCC, AABCCB or AAABAB. The se...
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  • Danrin school

    The Danrin school (談林派) is a school of haikai poetry founded by the poet Nishiyama Sōin (1605...
    Site Admin, 2022-09-24 23:54:48

  • Anacrusis

    In poetic and musical meter, and by analogy in publishing, an anacrusis (from Greek: ἀνάκρου...
    Site Admin, 2022-09-24 22:10:01

  • Anaphora (rhetoric)

    In rhetoric, an anaphora (Greek: ἀναφορά, "carrying back") is a rhetorical device that consi...
    Site Admin, 2022-09-24 22:10:01

  • Allusion

    Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referre...
    Site Admin, 2022-09-24 22:10:01

  • Pindar

    Pindar (; Greek: Πίνδαρος Pindaros, [píndaros]; Latin: Pindarus; c. 518 BC – c. 438 B...
    Site Admin, 2022-09-24 22:10:01

  • Palinode

    A palinode or palinody is an ode in which the writer retracts a view or sentiment expressed in an ea...
    Site Admin, 2022-09-24 22:10:01

  • Odes (Horace)

    The Odes (Latin: Carmina) are a collection in four books of Latin lyric poems by Horace. The Horatia...
    Site Admin, 2022-09-24 22:10:01

  • Doha

    Doha (Hindi: दोहा) is a form of self-contained rhyming couplet in poetry composed in Mātrik...
    Site Admin, 2022-09-24 22:10:01

  • Spenserian stanza

    The Spenserian stanza is a fixed verse form invented by Edmund Spenser for his epic poem The Faerie ...
    Site Admin, 2022-09-24 22:10:01

  • Sestain

    A sestain is a six line poem or repetitive unit of a poem of this format (musaddas), comparable to q...
    Site Admin, 2022-09-24 22:10:01


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