poetry
Meter (non-American spelling: metre) describes the linguistic sound patterns of verse. Scansion is the analysis of poetry's metrical and rhythmic patterns. Prosody is sometimes used to describe poetic meter, and indicates the analysis of similar aspects of language in linguistics. Meter is part of many formal verse forms.
The Bard, 1774, by Thomas Jones (1742–1803)
Anglo-Welsh poetry is a subset of Anglo-Welsh literature. The poetry written in English by those familiar with the Welsh language tends to be distinctive in its style and rhythms. Dylan Thomas is the most famous exponent of the genre, and it is the secret of his apparent uniqueness for non-Welsh readers.
British poetry is poetry written by British poets. It may refer to British literature written in the British Isles, the United Kingdom, or Great Britain. It may include poetry written in any of the languages in the United Kingdom or in other languages of the British Isles, or written elsewhere by British poets.
It may include:
Most verse writing uses meter as its primary organizational mode, as opposed to prose, which uses grammatical and discoursal units like sentences and paragraphs. Verse may also use rhyme and other technical devices that are often associated with poetry.
Not all verse is poetry. Generally speaking, what separates the two is that in poetry language achieves the highest possible level of condensation.
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