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(also called tilted angle) an unusual angle in photography/filmmaking that frames the subject in...

(also called octet) a stanza of eight lines.

ode

a long lyric poem, which is serious in subject matter and lofty in style, e.g. Ode: Intimations...

language that is impolite or in some way denies somebody their basic rights.

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