Poetry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The art or work of a poet.
  • n. Poems regarded as forming a division of literature.
  • n. The poetic works of a given author, group, nation, or kind.
  • n. A piece of literature written in meter; verse.
  • n. Prose that resembles a poem in some respect, as in form or sound.
  • n. The essence or characteristic quality of a poem.
  • n. A quality that suggests poetry, as in grace, beauty, or harmony: the poetry of the dancer's movements.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The class of literature comprising poems.
  • n. Composition in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns.
  • n. A poet's literary production
  • n. A 'poetical' quality, artistic and/or artfull, which appeals or stirs the imagination, in any medium
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.
  • n. Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That one of the fine arts which addresses itself to the feelings and the imagination by the instrumentality of musical and moving words; the art which has for its object the exciting of intellectual pleasure by means of vivid, imaginative, passionate, and inspiriting language, usually though not necessarily arranged in the form of measured verse or numbers.
  • n. An imaginative, artistic, and metrical collocation of words so marshaled and attuned as to excite or control the imagination and the emotions; the language of the imagination or emotions metrically expressed.
  • n. Composition in verse; a metrical composition; verse; poems: as, heroic poetry; lyric or dramatic poetry; a collection of poetry.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling
  • n. literature in metrical form
  • Antonym
    prose   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    arcadic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verse    rhyme    poesy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    literature    poem    romance    music    drama    beauty    poet    language    genius    history