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couplet collapse: a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed

rhapsodical collapse

movement collapse: the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"; the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"; a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic"; a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something; a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front"

narrative collapse: a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"; consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry"

rhapsodic collapse

stanza collapse: a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

didactic collapse: instructive (especially excessively)

canto collapse: a major division of a long poem; the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music

dramatic collapse: suitable to or characteristic of drama; "a dramatic entrance in a swirling cape"; "a dramatic rescue at sea"; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"; used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style; "a dramatic tenor"; "a dramatic soprano"; pertaining to or characteristic of drama; "dramatic arts"

swing collapse: changing location by moving back and forth; a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them; a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head"; mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth; a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz; a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity; "the party went with a swing"; "it took time to get into the swing of things"; alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"; hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"; engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"; make a big sweeping gesture or movement; play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm; move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"; change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"; move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"; be a social swinger; socialize a lot; influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"; live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"; have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"

team collapse: two or more draft animals that work together to pull something; a cooperative unit; form a team; "We teamed up for this new project"

duet collapse: a musical composition for two performers; two performers or singers who perform together

lyrical collapse: suitable for or suggestive of singing

measure collapse: how much there is of something that you can quantify; any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"; musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"; determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall"; place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; have certain dimensions; "This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches"

septet collapse: a musical composition written for seven performers; seven people considered as a unit; a set of seven similar things considered as a unit; seven performers or singers who perform together

bucolic collapse: relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"

triplet collapse: one of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy

beat collapse: the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing; a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"; a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"; the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum"; a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"; a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations; come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"; give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"; hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"; strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting; strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically"; stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"; shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"; produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum"; make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest"; move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"; indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"; sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind"; move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"; move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"; glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us"; avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"; be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!"

syllable collapse: a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables"

satire collapse

octave collapse: a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse; a musical interval of eight tones; a feast day and the seven days following it

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