#597. Poetry. -- N. poetry, poetics, poesy, Muse, Calliope, tuneful
Nine, Parnassus, Helicon[obs3], Pierides, Pierian spring.
poem; epic, epic poem; epopee[obs3], epopoea, ode, epode[obs3], idyl,
lyric, eclogue, pastoral, bucolic, dithyramb, anacreontic[obs3], sonnet,
roundelay, rondeau[Fr], rondo, madrigal, canzonet[obs3], cento[obs3],
*monody, elegy; amoebaeum, ghazal[obs3], palinode.
Phr. "a poem round and perfect as a star" [Alex. Smith]; Dichtung und
Wahrheit [Ger]; furor poeticus[Lat]; "his virtues formed the magic of his
song" [Hayley]; "I do but sing because I must" [Tennyson]; "I learnt life
from the poets" [de Stael]; licentia vatum[Lat]; mutum est pictura
poema[Lat]; "O for a muse of fire!" [Henry V]; "sweet food of sweetly
uttered knowledge" [Sidney]; "the true poem is the poet's mind" [Emerson];
Volk der Dichter und Denker[Ger]; "wisdom married to immortal verse"
[Wordsworth].
#415. Music. -- N. music; concert; strain, tune, air; melody &c. 413;
aria, arietta[obs3]; piece of music[Fr], work, number, opus; sonata; rondo,
rondeau[Fr]; pastorale, cavatina[obs3], roulade[obs3], fantasia, concerto,
overture, symphony, variations, cadenza; cadence; fugue, canon, quodlibet,
serenade, notturno [Italian], dithyramb; opera, operetta; oratorio;
composition, movement; stave; passamezzo [obs3][Italian], toccata, Vorspiel
[German].
vocal music, vocalism[obs3]; chaunt, chant; psalm, psalmody; hymn;
song &c. (poem) 597; canticle, canzonet[obs3], cantata, bravura, lay,
ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo[obs3],
solfeggio[obs3].