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Personae

[ per-soh-nee ]

noun

  1. a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.


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Example Sentences

But a story this big, this consequential, needs a dramatis personae of dramatic people.

But today, their worth has almost nothing to do with their printed personae.

The book is structured with short chapters, turning the eye of the narrator between these 20 dramatis personae.

Glover seems to be combining his personae, and the response has been positive.

But his personae kept evolving, infuriating listeners who wanted him to be the model from three years earlier.

They also, not altogether abandoning classical allusions, changed the name of their dramatis personae.

Apart from the plot or story the interest of a drama depends to a large extent on the dramatis personae.

It was none other than Ulrica Hardyng, who stood before her in propria personae.

The villani are viles et inopes personae but clearly enough they are liberi homines.

All the rest of the dramatis personae enter, and indulge in exclamations of joy.

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