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invocation

Literary device in which a power external to the poem or story is called upon for assistance. Often this is a call to the gods to help with the composition of a poem and is usually placed at the beginning of the work. Common in ancient Greek and Roman literature, it was revived during the Renaissance. Later writers were less respectful and mocked the convention, as does the English poet Lord Byron in his long poem Don Juan (1819-24).
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AU received complaints that officials at the McKinney Independent School District opened mandatory teacher training with an invocational prayer in the fall of 2003.
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