poetry
//ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tɹi//
Forms
- Plural
- poetries
Definitions
1.Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
- More people write poetry than read it.
2.A poet's literary production.
3.An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.
- That 'Swan Lake' choreography is poetry in motion, fitting the musical poetry of Tchaikovski's divine score well beyond the literary inspiration.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3299
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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.