#poetry term

• Small alder — A diminutive form for 'anin' (alder); a small alder, an alder sapling, or a young shrub belonging to the genus Alnus. The term is used regionally or in poetic and folk language to describe young alder specimens growing clustered on stream banks, remarkable for their bright green foliage and thin flexible stem.
• Asclepiad — In ancient Greek and Latin metrics, a verse consisting of a spondee, two or three dactyls, and a trochee, named after the poet Asclepiades of Samos. In botany, the term denotes a plant belonging to the Asclepiadaceae family or exhibiting similar morphological characteristics, often featuring milky sap and flowers with complex pollination structures.
• Assonant — Containing an assonance or based on the repetition of the same stressed vowel inside words or at the end of verses; a term used in stylistics and prosody to describe verses or imperfect rhymes where only the vowels from the accent onward match, while the consonants differ, creating a subtle sound harmony and internal musicality.
• Astrophic — Not organized into stanzas; a term used in literary theory and poetics to describe a poem, lyrical composition, or verse text that flows continuously without structural division into defined strophic units. This compositional technique provides the text with a distinct narrative or discursive fluidity, characteristic of certain modern literary movements or grand-scale poems in classical epics.