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poetry.

Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/General-American
  1. Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.

    uncountable · usually
  2. A poet's literary production.

    uncountable · usually
  3. An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.

    figuratively · uncountable · usually
    That 'Swan Lake' choreography is poetry in motion, fitting the musical poetry of Tchaikovski's divine score well beyond the literary inspiration.
Where this word comes from

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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