poetry

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In the middle is Apollo the god of art
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, music
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and poetry .

(uncountable, usually) Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
(uncountable, usually) A poet's literary production.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually) An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.

Opposite of

prose

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpəʊɪtɹi/

Inherited from Middle English

poetrye

In summary

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.