Poetic contractions are contractions of words found in poetry but not commonly used in everyday modern English. Also known as elision or syncope, these...
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up contraction or contracted in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Contraction may refer to: Contraction (grammar), a shortened word Poetic contraction, omission...
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A contraction is a shortened version of the spoken and written forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters and sounds...
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Elision (redirect from Contraction (phonology))
as Lugeto Veneres Cupidinesque (audio). There are many examples of poetic contraction in English verse of past centuries marked by spelling and punctuation...
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Syncope (phonology) (section As a poetic device)
Elision Epenthesis, the addition of sounds to the interior of a word Poetic contraction Synaeresis Synalepha Syncopation in music Vowel reduction Wells, John...
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occasionally used to represent the sound /uː/ in words like fûr, a poetic contraction of furono (they were). Û is used in Kurdish Kurmanji alphabet in the...
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occasionally used to represent the sound /aː/ in words like amâr, a poetic contraction of amarono (they loved). Â is used in the UNGEGN romanization system...
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divine mouth!") from the song "Silent Night". The subject is Lieb, a poetic contraction of die Liebe leaving off the final -e and the definite article, so...
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Crosswordese (section Poetic phrases and terms)
E'EN – contraction of "even" E'ER – poetic contraction of "ever" ERE – poetic synonym of "before" ERIN – poetic name for Ireland O'ER – contraction of "over"...
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form. Alternatively, the form above may have been an instance of poetic contraction to limit the number of morae on the line to the expected seven. Additionally...
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along with their inflected forms, is shown in the following table. Contractions are only shown if their orthography is distinctive. There are also numerous...
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Graham technique (redirect from Graham contraction)
and Paul Taylor. Graham technique is based on the opposition between contraction and release, a concept based on the breathing cycle which has become...
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form contractions with the definite article. 1 Contractions with para are colloquial only, those with com are colloquial or poetic. The contractions with...
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single syllable. In poetry, the vowel contraction would often be necessitated by the metrical requirements of the poetic form. Synizesis is also understood...
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basis of French and Italian models. It is used in several major English poetic forms, including blank verse, the heroic couplet, and some of the traditionally...
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of the Arabic alphabet Vè, a Vietnamese poetic form Ve, a proposed gender-neutral pronoun ve, a contraction of the English auxiliary verb "have" Venda...
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Canadian ice hockey player Directory information tree dit (unit), a contraction for "decimal digit" "." or dot, the shorter of the two symbols used in...
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Vowel hiatus (section Contraction)
(pronunciation of two vowels as one without a change in spelling), or contractions such as αει->ᾷ. The first of the two vowels may be converted to a glide...
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Dante's The Divine Comedy, which comprises Lower Hell. The name Dis is a contraction of the Latin adjective dives ('wealthy, rich'), probably derived from...
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hugely influential in both Chinese and Japanese literary culture. Of his poetic writing, nearly fifteen hundred poems have been preserved over the ages...
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Volta (literature) (category Poetic devices)
Paul Fussell, Poetic Meter and Poetic Form, revised edition (New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1979), p. 115. Paul Fussell, Poetic Meter and Poetic Form, revised...
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of endearment when addressing his sweetheart, the term "ne'" being a contraction of "nenna", and meaning "baby girl", or "young girl" (Del Bosco 2006...
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The suffix -ly in English is usually a contraction of -like, similar to the Anglo-Saxon -lice and German -lich. It is commonly added to an adjective to...
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fish', which is a contraction of the Greek adjective νεαρός, nearós 'new, fresh, young'. It is commonly believed that the contraction of νεαρός to νηρός...
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poetry and prose. The works of Homer and Hesiod are among the most popular poetic works that were written in a literary form of the Ionic dialect, known as...
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As pointed out by H. Weir Smith, Δίκα ("Justice") can be read as a contraction of Δι(ὸς) κ(όρ)α, "daughter of Zeus". Metaphorically, κόρη and its variants...
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"god-entertainment") is a type of Shinto ritual ceremonial dance. The term is a contraction of the phrase kami no kura ("seat of god"), indicating the presence of...
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it should be done. However, the phrase "pay the piper" may also be a contraction of the English proverb "he who pays the piper calls the tune." This proverb...
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Hebrew in exchange for lessons in Dutch. Despite developing a reputation for poetic skill and general erudition, Milton suffered from alienation among his peers...
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Attic Greek (section Contraction)
to act, to make" Attic θάλαττα → Ionic θάλασσα "sea" The vernacular and poetic dialect of Aristophanes. The dialect of Thucydides (mixed Old Attic with...
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