poetry

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Alternative forms

• poëtry (rare or archaic)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊɪtɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊətɹi/
• Hyphenation: po‧et‧ry

Noun

poetry (usually uncountable, plural poetries)

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

   Synonyms: (archaic) poesy, verse

   Antonym: prose
3. A poet's literary production.
4. (figurative) An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.

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• For quotations using this term, see Citations:poetry.

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Anagrams

• Proyet, Torpey, tropey