poetry, poesy, verse
(noun) literature in metrical form
poetry
(noun) any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling
Source: WordNet® 3.1
poetry (usually uncountable, plural poetries)
Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
Synonyms: poesy (archaic), verse
Antonym: prose
A poet's literary production.
(figurative) An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.
• Proyet, Torpey, tropey
Source: Wiktionary
Po"et*ry, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
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