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单词 epithalamium
释义
epithalamium
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An epithalamium is a special poem written in honor of a marriage. Many epithalamiums are addressed to the bride on her wedding day.
The poetic form called an epithalamium started in ancient Greece as a song that was sung to the bride and groom on their wedding night by a group of children. Greek and Roman poets, including the poet Sappho, developed the epithalamium, in some cases celebrating specific marriages, and the 16th century English poet Edmund Spenser wrote Epithalamium for his own bride. The word means "bridal song," epithalamion in Greek, from epi, "upon," and thalamos, "bridal chamber."
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epithalamium: epithalamia, epithalamiums
USAGE EXAMPLES
Meanwhile he has learnt Spenser's "Epithalamium" by heart, and is convinced that, with due inspiration, he will knock it into a cocked hat.
Strang, Herbert, Settlers and Scouts(2012)
She wrote, it is believed, at least nine books of odes, together with epithalamia, epigrams, elegies, and monodies.
Kilmer, Joyce, The Circus, and Other Essays and Fu...(2012)
The musicians then struck up their music, and the company sang their "Epithalamium."
Various, Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, Ma...(2012)
n an ode honoring a bride and bridegroom
Hypo|Hyper
prothalamion, prothalamium
a song in celebration of a marriage
ode
a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
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