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  2. Sarrasine - Wikipedia

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    Balzac, who began writing in 1819 while living alone in the rue Lesdiguières, undertook the composition of Sarrasine in 1830. Although he had steadily produced work for over a decade (without commercial success), Sarrasine was among his earliest publications to appear without a pseudonym.

  3. Vivace (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Vivace is a musical tempo marking. Vivace may also refer to: VIVACE, an alternative name for Vortex power, a form of hydro power. USS Vivace (SP-583), a United States Navy ship. Vivace, a US aerospace company, competed for NASA's Human Landing System

  4. Cognitive poetics - Wikipedia

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    Cognitive poetics is a school of literary criticism that applies the principles of cognitive science, particularly cognitive psychology, to the interpretation of literary texts. It has ties to reader-response criticism , and also has a grounding in modern principles of cognitive linguistics .

  5. Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    Tempo marking Meter Key Movement I Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso = 88 2 4: d Movement II Molto vivace. = 116 3 4: d Presto = 116 2 2: D Molto vivace 3 4: d Presto 2 2: D Movement III Adagio molto e cantabile = 60 4 4: B ♭ Andante moderato = 63 3 4: D Tempo I: 4 4: B ♭ Andante moderato 3 4: G Adagio 4 4: E ♭ Lo stesso tempo: 12 8 ...

  6. Metre (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    In poetry, metre (Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse metre, or a certain set of metres alternating in a particular order.

  7. Rhetorical modes - Wikipedia

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    Expository writing is a type of writing where the purpose is to explain or inform the audience about a topic. [13] It is considered one of the four most common rhetorical modes. [14] The purpose of expository writing is to explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, and appropriate discussion.

  8. List of literary movements - Wikipedia

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    Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing and discussing literary works. These terms are helpful for curricula or anthologies. [1]

  9. The Philosophy of Composition - Wikipedia

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    Generally, the essay introduces three of Poe's theories regarding literature. The author recounts this idealized process by which he says he wrote his most famous poem, "The Raven", to illustrate the theory, which is in deliberate contrast to the "spontaneous creation" explanation put forth, for example, by Coleridge as an explanation for his poem Kubla Khan.