metrical+composition
21poetry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Expression in poems Nouns 1. poetry, ars poetica, poesy, poeticism, poetics, metrics; balladry, the gay science; Muse, Calliope, Erato; versification, rhyming, prosody, orthometry, scansion. See writing …
22verse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. versification; poetry, prosody, poesy; line; stanza; meter, measure; poem, doggerel; passage. See part. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Composition in poetic form] Syn. poetry, poem, metrical composition,… …
23Poetry — Po et*ry, n. [OF. poeterie. See {Poet}.] 1. The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression. [1913 Webster] For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all human… …
24Donatus of Fiesole — For homonyms, see Donatus (disambiguation). Saint Donatus of Fiesole Madonna with Saints John the Baptist and Donatus of Fiesole (1475 83, Andrea del Verrocchio, Pistoia Cathedral) Bishop …
25Verse (poetry) — A verse is generally considered to be a single line in a metrical composition, e.g. poetry. However, the use of verse has come to represent any division or grouping of words in such a composition, which traditionally had been referred to as a… …
26song — songlike, adj. /sawng, song/, n. 1. a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, esp. one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad. 2. a musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung: Mendelssohn s Songs without… …
27poetry — n verse, versification, Archaic. poesy; rhythmical composition, metrical composition; light verse, free verse …
28song — [[t]sɔŋ, sɒŋ[/t]] n. 1) mad a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, esp. one in rhymed stanzas 2) pro poetical composition; poetry 3) mad the art or act of singing; vocal music 4) mad something that is sung 5) anb a… …
29song — /sɒŋ / (say song) noun 1. a short metrical composition combining words and music; a ballad; a lyric. 2. a piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung: Mendelssohn s Songs without Words . 3. poetical composition; poetry. 4. the act… …
30poem — n. 1 a metrical composition, usu. concerned with feeling or imaginative description. 2 an elevated composition in verse or prose. 3 something with poetic qualities (a poem in stone). Etymology: F poegraveme or L poema f. Gk poema = poiema f.… …
