Recitative

Motion is a kind of speech:
a vector, a not-at-rest.

Cut out the stone of a peach
and bury it. The mind is likewise blessed

with growing-back, the power
of the vegetative; a thin streak

of shoots. The pink flower
that is the peach's face speaks.

Rec`i*ta*tive" (?), n. [It. recitativo, or F. r'ecitatif. See Recite.] Mus.

A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; -- opposed to melisma.

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Rec`i*ta*tive", a.

Of or pertaining to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative.

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