Theme Definition | What is Theme? - PoetrySoup
Definition
[n] a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
[n] (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
[n] an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"
[n] the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"
[n] (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
The main idea, thesis or subject matter of a poem. Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn, for example, deals with the permanence of art and the impermanence of life.
Synonyms
base, composition, idea, melodic theme, motif, musical theme, paper, radical, report, root, root word, stem, subject, topic
See Also...
air, content, essay, form, head, idea, incidental music, keynote, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, message, motif, motive, precedent, question, signifier, statement, strain, subject matter, substance, term paper, thought, tune, variation, word form, writing assignment, written assignment
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