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poetry
Overview
This page has 3 definitions of poetry in English. Poetry is a noun. Examples of how to use poetry in a sentence are shown. Also define these 12 related words and terms: literature, verse, language, rhythm, poesy, prose, New York, poet, production, artistic, emotion, and medium.
See also: poëtry
English
Alternative forms
- poëtry (archaic)
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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊɪtɹi/, [ˈpəʊʷətɹɪ]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊətɹi/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯.ətˌɹi]
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: po‧et‧ry
Noun
poetry (usually uncountable, plural poetries)
- Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
- 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 263:
- More people write poetry than read it.
Verse definition
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme. (1 of 5 verse definitions)
Language definition
A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication. (1 of 9 language definitions)
Prose definition
Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry. (1 of 3 prose definitions)
New York definition
The largest city in the state of New York and the largest city in the United States, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey. (1 of 10 New York definitions)
- A poet's literary production.
Production definition
(1 of 26 production definitions)
- (figurative) 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.
Medium definition
The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent. (1 of 15 medium definitions)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:poetry.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
literature composed in verse
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a poet's literary production
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poetical quality, artistic and/or artful, which appeals or stirs the imagination
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