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51versification — /verr seuh fi kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of versifying. 2. verse form; metrical structure. 3. a metrical version of something. 4. the art or practice of composing verses. [1595 1605; < L versification (s. of versificatio), equiv. to… …
52Aratus — ▪ Greek poet flourished c. 315–c. 245 BC, Macedonia Greek poet of Soli in Cilicia, best remembered for his poem on astronomy, Phaenomena. He resided at the courts of Antigonus II Gonatas, king of Macedonia, and Antiochus I of Syria.… …
53Crosby, Fanny — ▪ American hymn writer byname of Frances Jane Crosby , married name Fanny Van Alstyne born March 24, 1820, Southeast, N.Y., U.S. died Feb. 12, 1915, Bridgeport, Conn. American writer of hymns, the best known of which was “Safe in the Arms of… …
54versification — noun The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition. See Also: verse, versificator, versificatrix, versifier, versify …
55verse — 1. noun a) A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme. Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse. b) Poetic form in general. The restrictions of verse have been steadily relaxed over time. See Also:… …
56elegize — Synonyms and related words: bemoan, bewail, climb Parnassus, compose poetry, deplore, dirge, give sorrow words, grieve, keen, knell, lament, lisp in numbers, make immortal verse, moan, mount Pegasus, mourn, poetize, repine, sigh, sing, sing… …
57sing — Synonyms and related words: anthem, babble, ballad, bark, bawl, be in heaven, be indiscreet, be pleased, be unguarded, beam, bellow, betray, betray a confidence, blab, blabber, blare, blat, blow the whistle, blubber, blurt, blurt out, boom, bray …
58verse — Synonyms and related words: English sonnet, Horatian ode, Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, Pindaric ode, Sapphic ode, Shakespearean sonnet, Spenserian stanza, acquaint, adage, advertise, advertise of, advise, alba, ana, anacreontic, anacrusis,… …
59fersian — wv/t2 to versify …
60poetry — 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 …