Poetry
Form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning.
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Prose
Form of written or spoken language that typically exhibits a natural flow of speech and grammatical structure.
It differs from most traditional poetry, where the form has a regular structure, consisting of verse based on metre and rhyme.
Poiesis
In philosophy, poiesis (from ) is "the activity in which a person brings something into being that did not exist before."
It is related to the word poetry, which shares the same root.
Rhyme
Repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words.
Most often, this kind of perfect rhyming is consciously used for a musical or aesthetic effect in the final position of lines within poems or songs.
Drama
Specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.
Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c.
Verse (poetry)
In the countable sense, a verse is formally a single metrical line in a poetic composition.
Literature
Literature broadly is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry.
Metre (poetry)
In poetry, metre (Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.
Assonance
Resemblance in the sounds of words/syllables either between their vowels or between their consonants (e.g., keep, cape).
Vocalic assonance is an important element in verse.
Genre
Any form or type of communication in any mode with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time.
For Aristotle, poetry (odes, epics, etc.), prose, and performance each had specific design features that supported appropriate content of each genre.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic.
His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour.