poetry

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United Kingdom//ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tɹi//
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Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.

noun

1
Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
More people write poetry than read it.
2
A poet's literary production.
3
figurativeAn 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.

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.

Forms

plural: poetries

poem · A literary piece written in verse.poet · A person who writes poems.poetic · Relating to poetry.

poetry · Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.

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