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Definition of Poetry
1. Noun. Literature in metrical form.
Examples of category: Hush, Still, Stillness, Dolor, Dolour, Erin, Lyric, Relyric, Rhyme, Rime, Tag, Alliterate, Poetise, Poetize, Verse, Versify, Metrify, Spondaise, Spondaize, Elegise, Elegize, Sonnet, Sonnet, Scan, Darkling, Stilly, Scrivened, Lyric, Sweet, Sweetly
Specialized synonyms: Epos, Epic Poetry, Heroic Poetry
Generic synonyms: Genre, Literary Genre, Writing Style
Derivative terms: Poetical, Verse, Versify
2. Noun. Any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling.
Derivative terms: Poetic, Poetic, Poetic, Poetical, Poetical
Definition of Poetry
1. n. The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.
Definition of Poetry
1. Noun. The class of literature comprising poems. ¹
2. Noun. Composition in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns. ¹
3. Noun. A poet's literary production ¹
4. Noun. A 'poetical' quality, artistic and/or artfull, which appeals or stirs the imagination, in any medium ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poetry
1. literary work in metrical form [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poetry
Literary usage of Poetry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the British Poets by Henry Reed (1860)
"LECTURES ON ENGLISH poetry. LECTURE I. Object of the course—poetry the eminence
of literature—The history of literature illustrated by general history and ..."
2. American Poets and Their Theology by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1916)
"poetry is one of those largest and most precious growths, ... poetry therefore
must be native to America. The argument would do credit to Henry Thomas ..."
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