GLOSSARY OF POETIC TERMS
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WEDGE VERSE
See Rhopalic

WELL-VERSED
A state of familiarity with poetics accomplished by reading this Glossary from Abecedarian to Zeugma.
Sidelight: With the author's apologies, this is the only punning entry.
WHIMSY or WHIMSEY
A fanciful or fantastic creation in writing or art.

WORDSMITH
A person who works with words; a skillful writer.

(See also Bard, Metrist, Poet, Sonneteer, Versifier)
(Compare Minstrel, Troubadour)

WRENCHED ACCENT
A forced change in the normal accent of a word syllable(s) to make the word conform to the prevailing metrical pattern. While it may result from faulty versification, it was conventional in the folk ballad and is sometimes used deliberately for comic effects.
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The poetry of earth is never dead.

---John Keats


Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments
of the best and happiest minds.

---Percy Bysshe Shelley