#poetics

• Acatalectic — Possessing the complete number of syllables required by the ideal metrical structure of a verse; a line of poetry in which the final rhythmic foot is complete, without being shortened or lacking its final syllables. In classical Greek and Latin metrics, an acatalectic verse maintains structural prosodic integrity until the end, serving as a standard of rhythmic symmetry in contrast to catalectic (truncated) or hypercatalectic (excessive) verses.
• Acatalectic — The feminine form of the adjective acatalectic; it characterizes a metrical structure, stanza, cadence, or poem in which the verses retain their full syllable count until the end. As a noun, it defines the metrical art or technique of composing complete lines of poetry, a branch of classical prosody focused on the perfection and regularity of unadjusted rhythmic feet.
• Alexandrine — Pertaining to the city of Alexandria or the Hellenistic culture developed there; in poetics, the term designates a solemn classical verse of twelve (or fourteen) syllables, composed of two equal hemistichs separated by a caesura. This type of verse, originating in medieval French literature and intensely used in classical tragedy, was successfully adopted by major Romanian poets in their epic compositions.
• Anacrusia — The character or state of a composition, verse, or rhythmic phrase that structurally begins with an anacrusis; the formal property of a metrical or melodic system to place unaccented elements (pickup notes or atonic syllables) before the first downbeat or ictus. This aesthetic phenomenon dictates a more fluid flow and a progressive launch of the general rhythm.
• Amphibrach — A metrical foot in ancient Greek and Latin verse consisting of three syllables, of which the first and third are short (or unaccented in modern metrics) and the second, central one is long (or accented). This symmetrical rhythmic structure gives poetry a melodious, fluid, and undulating cadence, frequently utilized in classical Romanian lyric poetry to render a meditative or elegiac atmosphere.
• Antibacchius — A metrical foot in classical Greek and Latin poetry consisting of three syllables, the first two long and the last one short (— — ◡). It is the exact structural inverse of the bacchius foot.
• Antidactyl — A metrical foot in ancient Greek and Latin poetry consisting of one short syllable followed by two long syllables, representing the reverse of a dactyl; a term used in classical poetry to define an inverted rhythmic structure. As an adjective, it describes a verse or a rhythmic sequence built upon this specific syllabic succession.
• Archilochian — The feminine form of the adjective 'arhiloc'; belonging to or specific to the hybrid metric structure used by the ancient poet Archilochus. It is generally used to describe feminine entities in poetics, such as a stanza, a poem, a cadence, or a rhythmic structure utilizing the asymmetric alternation of dactyls and trochees.
• Asclepiad — A verse used in ancient Greek and Latin metrics, composed of a spondee, two or three dactyls, and a trochee, or characterized by the presence of choriambs, attributed to the poet Asclepiades of Samos. As an adjective, it describes a stanza, a poem, or a rhythmic structure organized according to these rigorous writing rules.
• Astrophic — Not organized into stanzas; a term used in literary theory and poetics to describe a poem, lyrical composition, or verse text that flows continuously without structural division into defined strophic units. This compositional technique provides the text with a distinct narrative or discursive fluidity, characteristic of certain modern literary movements or grand-scale poems in classical epics.