poetry
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/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
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(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
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(uncountable, usually)Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
“More people write poetry than read it.”
- (uncountable, usually)A poet's literary production.
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(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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