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- a book published posthumously a medal awarded posthumously Plath's magnificent Ariel, written mostly during the final months of her life and assembled posthumously by Hughes, takes the notion of confessional poetry to verbal and imaginative extremes.
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1. : born after the death of the father. a posthumous son. 2. : published after the death of the author. 3. : following or occurring after one's death. posthumous fame. a posthumous award.
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adjective [ not gradable ] us / ˈpɑs·tʃə·məs / Add to word list. happening after a person’s death. posthumously. adverb [ not gradable ] us / ˈpɑs·tʃə·məs·li / Dillon was posthumously awarded a Silver Star. (Definition of posthumous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word posthumous, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Aug 30, 2021 · Poetry 101: Common Poetry Terms With Definitions. Poetry is one of the most elegant and evocative forms of human expression, but its terminology can overwhelm even the most assiduous of students.
Posthumous definition: arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death. See examples of POSTHUMOUS used in a sentence.
ˈpōst-, -ˈyü- : after the death of the person in question. a book published posthumously. a medal awarded posthumously. Plath's magnificent Ariel, written mostly during the final months of her life and assembled posthumously by Hughes, takes the notion of confessional poetry to verbal and imaginative extremes. Christopher Benfey.
Apostrophe, in poetry, is a figure of speech in which a character or speaker addresses someone who is absent. This could be a person they know or don’t know someone who is alive or dead, or someone who never existed at all.
