One Art

One Art Glossary

intent

Purpose

practice

The exercising of a skill, the performance of an action, or the customary way of doing something

master

To become extremely skilled and competent

fluster

To distress or upset

vaster

Wider, more spacious

realms

Lands, countries

gesture

Movement made when speaking or to convey a certain meaning in conversation

shan't

Contraction of "shall not"

evident

Clear, obvious

disaster

Catastrophe

realms

Defined area or kingdom

continent

One of the world's several larger landmasses

villanelle

A poetic form that makes use of repeated refrains across five tercets and a quatrain

tercet

Three-line stanza

quatrain

Four-line stanza

stanza

Grouped series of lines in a poem

refrain

Repeated, chorus-like line of poetry

iamb

Two-syllable segment of text with stress placed on second syllable

iambic pentameter

Ten-syllable line of poetry composed of five iambs

formal poem

Poem that follows a strict set of rules dictating its length, rhyme scheme, and/or meter

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