Meaning
- Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
- A poet's literary production.
- An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.
Synonyms
o’clock
sexual passion
shade of colour
shade of color
literary works
imambic
Frequency
Hyphenated as
po‧et‧ry
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpəʊɪtɹi/
Etymology
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.
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