I can't answer why, but "Cameo" fits. This was a clue for one of my crosswords, and the correct answer was "cameo."
vignette WRONG! a vignette is a short literary scene or description... I think its a legend...
A literary snapshot is a brief and vivid description that captures a moment or scene in a story. It uses detailed imagery to evoke a specific feeling or atmosphere for the reader.
Perhaps a quiet, serine woodland with a little stream flowing to the sound of birds twittering in the chesnuts. (I hope you get poetry)
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Literary criticism refers to the analysis, evaluation, or interpretation or description of literary works.
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The name for a short graceful literary essay is a "sketch" or a "vignette."
Willa Cather wrote My Antonia at a time when the American literary scene was dominated by males.