英语诗歌术语以及定义

acrosticism

the art or skill of writing a poem in which the lines or stanzas

begin with letters of the alphabet in regular order or one in

which the first, middle, or final letters of the line spell a word or a phrase. —acrostic, n., adj.

Alexandrine

an iambic hexameter, or iambic verse with six feet.

anapest

a foot of three syllables, the first two short or unstressed, the

third long or stressed. —anapestic, adj.

antibacchius

1. (in quantitative meter) two long syllables followed by a short.

2. (in accented meter) two stressed syllables followed by an

unstressed. Cf. bacchius. —antibacchic, adj.

antistrophe

the second of two metrically related sections in a poem. Cf.

strophe. See also 127. DRAMA . —antistrophic,

antistrophal , adj.

arsis

the accented part of a foot of verse.

bacchius

1. (in quantitative meter) a short syllable followed by two long.

2. (in accented meter) an unstressed syllable followed by two

stressed. Cf. antibacchius . —bacchic , adj.

bardism

1. the art or skill of one who composes and recites epic or

heroic poetry, often to his own musical accompaniment.

2. membership in an ancient Celtic order of poets.

canto

one of the main (larger) divisions in a long poem.

catalexis

incompleteness of a foot, wherever it appears in a verse.

—catalectic, adj.

dactyl

a foot of three syllables, the flrst long or accented, the following

two short or unaccented. —dactylist, n.—dactylic, adj. diastole

(in Greek and Latin verse) the lengthening of a short syllable. Cf.

systole.—diastolic, adj.

dipody

a double foot; a pair of similar feet comprising a metrical unit.

—dipodic, adj.

distich

a couplet or pair of verses or lines, usually read as a unit. ecthlipsis

(in Latin prosody) the elision of the last syllable of a word ending in m when the following word begins with a vowel.

heptameter

a verse having seven metrical feet. —heptametrical, adj. heptapody

a verse having seven metrical feet; a heptameter.

—heptapodic, adj.

hexameter

a verse having six metrical feet. —hexametrical, adj. hexapody

a verse having six metrical feet; a hexameter. —hexapodous,

adj.

iamb

a foot of two syllables, the first short or unstressed, the second

long or stressed. —iambic, adj.

ictus

the stress or accent that indicates the rhythm of a verse or piece of music. See also 284. MUSIC .

lettrism

a technique of poetic composition originated by Isidore Isou,

characterized by strange or meaningless arrangements of

letters.

logaoedic

a poem or verse composed of dactyls and trochees or anapests

and iambs, resulting in a proselike rhythm. —logaoedic, adj. lyricism