2007-07-26 15:05:38 · 7 answers · asked by David S 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
no, what I mean is what's called when somone sits down with a unchaptered unversed work, and chapter and verses it.
2007-07-30 00:45:44 · update #1
Quote? Recite?
2007-07-26 15:16:13 · answer #1 · answered by Welshchick 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mary was close on this one. When you give someone "chapter and verse" you're giving them a specific reference that usually leaves no room for doubt. As mary indicated, it is a reference to the Bible, where every chapter and verse has a number and can therefore be referenced. So, when someone asked you where you got a biblical quote, you could quote them "chapter and verse". It is also used when you want to cut someone short who is giving you too much information...where you say, "okay, okay, you don't have to give me chapter and verse!" or when you want someone to be more specific with their reference, "Before you tell me you "read somewhere" that it's impossible, you'd better be prepared to give me chapter and verse!"
If you're asking what it's called when you "analyze" a poem into its separate parts, citing the meter, voice, rhyme pattern, etc.....then "that" is called "analysis"...and when you really tear it down line by line, word by word, it's called a "detailed analysis".
2007-07-29 20:31:48 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it is in reference to the fact that the bible has chapters and verses so that you can find EXACTLY what you are looking for. If someone says " They gave me chapter and verse about that" or "I'll give him chapter and verse on that" They just mean someone spoke or will speak emphatically to them.
2007-07-26 15:24:00 · answer #3 · answered by Lady M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Editing! Revising?
2007-08-03 08:41:56 · answer #4 · answered by moontrikle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a verse,otherwise known as a Stanza :) xx
2007-07-28 01:18:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
like a poem book, yet one big poem is called an epic.
2007-07-26 17:00:45 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Is it a stanza?
2007-07-26 15:36:39 · answer #7 · answered by crackertyjack 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋