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Epithalamium (from Greek; epi- upon, and thalamium nuptial chamber, sometimes also spelled "epithalamion") specifically refers to a form of poem that is written for the bride. Or, specifically, w...
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Etymology: Latin & Greek; Latin epithalamium, from Greek epithalamion, from epi- + thalamos room, bridal chamber; perhaps akin to Greek tholos rotunda ...
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Definition of epithalamium from Webster's New World College Dictionary. Meaning of epithalamium. Pronunciation of epithalamium. Definition of the word epithalamium. Origin of the word epithalamium. ... Dictionary Home » Webster's New World College Dictionary » epithalamium...
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In the middle garden is the secret wedding, that hides always under the other one and under the shiny things of the other one. Under a tree one hand reaches through the grainy dusk toward another. Two right hands. ... Epithalamium, [Happy Bridegroom] by Sappho...
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Indeed, there is a long and rich tradition linking poetry to the marriage ceremony, beginning with the Greeks, who invented a form known as the epithalamium. This was a song in praise of the bride and bridegroom, sung at the door of the nuptial chamber on the wedding night.
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I washed my hair the morning I got married put ... red boots found license woke C. set off for City ... had ceremony drove to Fairway got cups of tea...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about epithalamium. epithalamium. Information about epithalamium in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... The reader might wish to read Nevitt's essay that further discusses the epithalamium, or wedding poem (see "Rembrandt's Wedding Feast of Samson" in A.
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Verse > Anthologies > Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. > An American Anthology, 1787–1900 ... CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD ... I SAW two clouds at morning,
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