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The number four. [Poetic]

A poem of fourteen lines; a sonnet. R. H. Stoddard.

The degree of nullity and quiddity." Bacon. The quiddity or characteristic difference of poetry as distinguished from prose. De Quincey.

rthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence. -- Quot`a*bit"i*ty, n. Poe.

very word strongly stamped with nature; full of energy, meaning, character, painting, and poetry. Cleland.

A celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu dynasty.

The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.

sses or order; to classify. Ranking all things under general and special heads. I. Watts. Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers. Broome. Heresy is ranked with idolatry and witchcraft. Dr. H. More.

To transport with excitement; to enrapture. [Poetic] Thomson.

Coming before others, or before the usual time; early. [Obs. or Poetic] Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies. Milton.

to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book. Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille. Chaucer. Well could he rede a lesson or a story. Chaucer.

ony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception. What reception a poem may find. Goldsmith.

To concern; -- used impersonally. [Poetic] What recks it them Milton.

elicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments. Refined wits who honored poesy with their pens. Peacham. -- Re*fin"ed*ly (r, adv. -- Re*fin"ed*ness, n.

phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition. We hear the wild refrain. Whittier.

, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building.

e been importuned to make some observations on this art in relation to its agreement with poetry. Dryden.

ng relevant; pertinency; applicability. Its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore. Poe.

g in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of. The poet must . . . sometimes relieve the subject with a moral reflection. Addison.

A fox; -- so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry. [Written also reynard.]