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poem

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A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton.

A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian.

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Abdullah Dougan says the work is deeply esoteric and "if you approach the quatrains with that in mind, the poem will have a tremendous impact on you as you try to understand it." Source: Internet

Accordingly, Bott concludes that the poem was an attempt to expand Valiente's couplet into a full Wiccan credo, written by someone who misunderstood the archaic language they attempted to imitate. Source: Internet

Abraham Akkerman preceded his article on human automatism in the contemporary city with a short satirical poem on a pair of golems turning human. citation Published also as Paper CTS-04-06 by the Center for Theoretical Study, Prague. Source: Internet

Abraham Cowley 's poem "A Legend of Coca" : in chapter I An introduction to the history of coca, pp. 25-27. Source: Internet

Accompanied by a solo trombone while the harmony switches to H(sus), the Narrator recites a prayer-like poem to the sun god. Source: Internet

According to Jerome McGann the poem is like a salvation story. Source: Internet

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