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1. Literature in metrical form (synset 107107220)
   associated with:

   • hush, still, stillness - (poetic) tranquil silence
   • dolor, dolour - (poetry) painful grief
   • erin - an early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry
   • lyric - write lyrics for (a song)
   • relyric - write new lyrics for (a song)
   • rhyme, rime - compose rhymes
   • tag - supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes
   • alliterate - use alliteration as a form of poetry
   • poetise, poetize, verse, versify - compose verses or put into verse
   • metrify - compose in poetic meter
   • spondaise, spondaize - make spondaic
   • elegise, elegize - compose an elegy
   • sonnet - compose a sonnet
   • sonnet - praise in a sonnet
   • scan - conform to a metrical pattern
   • darkling - (poetic) occurring in the dark or night
   • stilly - (poetic) still or calm
   • scrivened - copied in handwriting
   • lyric - of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way)
   • apace - (poetic, literary) quickly
   • sweet, sweetly - in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')
   is a type of: genre, literary genre, writing style - a style of expressing yourself in writing
   subtypes:

   • epos - a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme
   • epic poetry, heroic poetry - poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero
   same as: poesy, poetry
2. A piece of poetry (synset 106393492)
   is a type of: poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
   subtypes:

   • clerihew - a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person
   • doggerel, doggerel verse, jingle - a comic verse of irregular measure
   • limerick - a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba
   same as: rhyme
3. A line of metrical text (synset 106396351)
   is a type of: line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
   subtypes:

   • iambic - a verse line consisting of iambs
   • adonic, adonic line - a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis
   • tetrameter - a verse line having four metrical feet
   • pentameter - a verse line having five metrical feet
   • hexameter - a verse line having six metrical feet
   • octameter - a verse line having eight metrical feet
   • octosyllable - a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines
   • decasyllable - a verse line having ten syllables
   is a part of: poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
   same as: verse line

1. Compose verses or put into verse (synset 201706373)
   "He versified the ancient saga"
   referred to in: poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form
   is a type of: compose, indite, pen, write - produce a literary work
   subtypes:

   • metrify - compose in poetic meter
   • spondaise, spondaize - make spondaic
   • elegise, elegize - compose an elegy
   • sonnet - compose a sonnet
   same as: poetise, poetize, versify
2. Familiarize through thorough study or experience (synset 200876378)
   "She versed herself in Roman archeology"
   is a type of: acquaint, familiarise, familiarize - make familiar or conversant with

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