The word 'democracy' has its origins in the Greek language. It combines two shorter words: 'demos' meaning whole citizen living within a particular city-state and 'kratos' meaning power or rule. ... A belief in shared power: based on a suspicion of concentrated power (whether by individuals, groups or governments).
I believe no, there is really no standard of punctuation for poetry... some writers use it, some don't. It's a matter of what feels best for your line of poetry. :)
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2 the principle of causation.
(the post-Cartesian attempt to see everything as governed by simple laws of cause and effect)
1 the operation or relation of a cause and its effect.
(cause and effect play an important part in the universe)