poetry

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11
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11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tɹi/
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/ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tɹi/ · /ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/ · /pɵˈjɛʈ.ri/

Definition of poetry

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
    “More people write poetry than read it.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
    “More people write poetry than read it.”
  2. (uncountable, usually)A poet's literary production.
  3. (figuratively, uncountable, usually)An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.
    “That 'Swan Lake' choreography is poetry in motion, fitting the musical poetry of Tchaikovski's divine score well beyond the literary inspiration.”

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Etymology

From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from Medieval Latin poētria, from poēta (“poet”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet; author; maker”). Displaced native Old English lēoþcræft.

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