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formula: a standalone construct

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Poetics

a recurring word group that fills a set metrical slot to express a stock idea, the basic unit of composition in oral epic verse.

In poetics, formula refers to a recurring word group that fills a set metrical slot to express a stock idea, the basic unit of composition in oral epic verse. This meaning comes from Parry (1930) in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology.[1]

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References

  1. Parry, M. (1930). Studies in the Epic Technique of Oral Verse-Making. I. Homer and Homeric Style. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, 41, 73. https://doi.org/10.2307/310626

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