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A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat", and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry—the "chorus" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the villanelle , the virelay , and the sestina .
A special type of acrostic in which the first letter of every word, strophe or verse follows the order of the alphabet. [1] acatalexis An acatalectic line of verse is one having the metrically complete number of syllables in the final foot. [2] accent Any noun used to describe the stress put on a certain syllable while speaking a word.
Anadiplosis – repeating the last word of one clause or phrase to begin the next. Analogy – the use of a similar or parallel case or example to reason or argue a point. Anaphora – a succession of sentences beginning with the same word or group of words. Anastrophe – inversion of the natural word order.
The other, enkrateia ', was a word coined during the time of Aristotle, to mean "control over oneself", or "self-discipline". Enkrateia appears three times in the Bible, where it was translated as "temperance" in the King James translation. [citation needed] The modern meaning of temperance has evolved since its first usage.
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The word villanelle derives from the Italian villanella, referring to a rustic song or dance, [2] and which comes from villano, meaning peasant or villein. [3] Villano derives from the Medieval Latin villanus, meaning a "farmhand". [4] The etymology of the word relates to the fact that the form's initial distinguishing feature was the pastoral ...
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A refrain is a line or lines repeated in a verse or song. Refrain may also refer to: "Refrain" (Lys Assia song), winner of Eurovision 1956 "Refrain" (Mamoru Miyano song), 2009; Refrain (Stockhausen), a 1966 composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen; Refrain, a 2020 album by Boris and Z.O.A "Refrain", a 1988 song by James from Strip-mine