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| 1. | the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. |
| 2. | literary work in metrical form; verse. |
| 3. | prose with poetic qualities. |
| 4. | poetic qualities however manifested: the poetry of simple acts and things. |
| 5. | poetic spirit or feeling: The pianist played the prelude with poetry. |
| 6. | something suggestive of or likened to poetry: the pure poetry of a beautiful view on a clear day. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME poetrie < ML poétria poetic art, deriv. of poéta poet, but formation is unclear; prob. not < Gk poi
tria poetess]
tria poetess] —Related forms
po·et·ry·less, adjective
—Synonyms 2. Poetry, verse agree in referring to the work of a poet. The difference between poetry and verse is usually the difference between substance and form. Poetry is lofty thought or impassioned feeling expressed in imaginative words: Elizabethan poetry. Verse is any expression in words which simply conforms to accepted metrical rules and structure: the differences between prose and verse.
—Antonyms 2. prose.
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Poetry
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[Middle English poetrie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin poētria, from Latin poēta, poet; see poet.] |
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poetry
c.1384, from O.Fr. poetrie (13c.), from M.L. poetria (c.650), from L. poeta (see poet). In classical L., poetria meant "poetess." Eng. lacks a true verb form in this group of words, though poeticize (1804), poetize (1581, from Fr. poétiser), and poetrize (1602) all have been tried.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| poetry | |
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| 1. | literature in metrical form |
| 2. | any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈpoetry1 noun
poems in general
Example: He writes poetry.
ˈpoetry2 nounExample: He writes poetry.
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the art of composing poems
Example: Poetry comes naturally to some people.
See also: poet, poeticExample: Poetry comes naturally to some people.
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Poetry
Po"et*ry\, n. [OF. poeterie. See Poet.]1. The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression. For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language. --Coleridge. 2. Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry. "The planetlike music of poetry." --Sir P. Sidney. She taketh most delight In music, instruments, and poetry. --Shak.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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