Poet involved in or associated with a war A war poet is a poet who participates in a war and writes about their experiences, or a non-combatant who writes poems about war. While the term is applied especially to those who served during the First World War,[1] the term can be applied to a poet… read more »
Expert time period for a function that collates all recognised variants of a textual content A variorum, small for (editio) cum notis variorum, is a get the job done that collates all recognised variants of a text. It is a operate of textual criticism, whereby all variations and emendations are established side by side so… read more »
Latin motif concerning mortality Ubi sunt (literally “where are… [they]”) is a rhetorical question taken from the Latin Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt?, meaning “Where are those who were before us?” Ubi nunc…? (“Where now?”) is a common variant.[1] Sometimes interpreted to indicate nostalgia, the ubi sunt motif is actually a meditation on mortality… read more »
Story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual. Some tall tales are exaggerations of actual events, for example fish stories (“the fish that got away”) such as, “That fish was so big, why I… read more »
Sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter gibe or taunt Use of sarcasm in an ad sticker of a boxing studio. The message is negative and directly mocks, or even jokingly insults, the person targeted by the advertisement. Sarcasm is the caustic use of words, often in a humorous way, to mock someone… read more »
Literary genre and movement Literary realism is a literary genre, part of the broader realism in arts, that attempts to represent subject-matter truthfully, avoiding speculative fiction and supernatural elements. It originated with the realist art movement that began with mid-nineteenth-century French literature (Stendhal) and Russian literature (Alexander Pushkin).[1] Literary realism attempts to represent familiar things… read more »
Basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse In poetry, metre (Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse metre, or a certain set of metres alternating in a particular order. The… read more »
Short didactic story which illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles For a comparison of parables with other stories, see Traditional story. For a geometrical figure with a similar name, see Parabola. A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs… read more »
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Form of poetry that tells a tale Narrative poetry is a sort of poetry that tells a story, often using the voices of both of those a narrator and figures the total story is normally penned in metered verse. Narrative poems do not want rhyme. The poems that make up this style may possibly be… read more »