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catharsis

Littérature; Littérature générale

Meaning "purgation," catharsis describes the release of the emotions of pity and fear by the audience at the end of a tragedy. In his Poetics, Aristotle discusses the importance of catharsis. The ...

The Latin phrase meaning "seize the day." This is a very common literary theme, especially in lyric poetry, which emphasizes that life is short, time is fleeting, and that one should make the most of ...

assonance

Littérature; Littérature générale

The repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that do not end the same, for example, "asleep under a tree," or "each evening." Similar endings result in rhyme, as in "asleep in the deep." ...

anagramme

Littérature; Littérature générale

A word or phrase made from the letters of another word or phrase, as "heart" is an anagram of "earth." Anagrams have often been considered merely an exercise of one’s ingenuity, but sometimes writers ...

aparté

Littérature; Littérature générale

In drama, a speech directed to the audience that supposedly is not audible to the other characters onstage at the time. When Hamlet first appears onstage, for example, his aside "A little more than ...

allitération

Littérature; Littérature générale

The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence of words, usually at the beginning of a word or stressed syllable: "descending dew drops"; "luscious lemons." Alliteration is based on the ...

épigramme

Littérature; Littérature générale

Un poème court, pointu et plein d'esprit qui rend habituellement un point satirique ou humoristique. Épigrammes sont plus souvent écrites en distiques, mais ne prennent aucune forme prescrite.