Looking For A Word
Does anyone know a word that means something like "the quality of beauty in a poem or a piece of prose" or "the sheer beauty of the way the words are put together in a piece of writing"? I think there is such a word, but I can't for the life of me think of what it is. Any help would be appreciated.
Are you maybe talking about "the sublime?"
ReplyDeletegrandiloquence? eloquence
ReplyDeleteI think I'm thinking of more of a "literary term" like assonance or pathetic fallacy or something. But maybe I'm just crazy. Thanks, guys!
ReplyDeletePoetic aesthetics?
ReplyDeleteThat is a use of the term poetry iself, or to be poetic. We might say that a passage in a work of fiction is poetry. Or, what you said was so poetic.
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Read this essay by William Hazlitt: "On Gusto"
ReplyDeleteHmm, I put out a Dave Lull alert yesterday when I saw your question but he hasn't come in.
ReplyDeleteAlso I posted a Frank Wilson alert and I noted he put the question on Books, Inq. Have not checked out his comments yet.
I still can't think of it.
Thanks for all your efforts on my behalf, Maxine. It's truly appreciated.
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