# Drive by Poetry Device Q.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-by-poetry-device-q/84739>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 1, 2001, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-by-poetry-device-q/84739 "2001-10-01T09:48:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Damhna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Damhna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damhna)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-by-poetry-device-q/84739/1 "2001-10-01T09:48:26Z")

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This has been buging me for ages and I keep forgetting to look it up.

What do you call the term used when Nature appears to be in some sort of harmonic resonance with the emotions of the author? There is a term for it that I just can’t remember.