poetry
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- noun
- /ˈpoʊətri/
- Literature
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poesía
- She expressed her emotions beautifully through her poetry at the reading last night.
- write poetry
- read poetry
- prose poetry
Matthew Arnold defined poetry as a criticism of life.
- Matthew Arnold defined poetry as a criticism of life.
- I got a degree in poetry in college.
- I think that stand up as poetry without the music.
- The next one is poetry and improv readings and classes.
- I took a poetry class at USC.
- Everything from memoirs to poetry and everything in between.
- They were less concerned with Greek plays, Greek poetry, Greek literature in general.
- That means talking about his life in poetry, right?
- And so for me, that's why I think this poetry does have value.
Examples
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Around the corner, I know that poetry has always inspired you.
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Thus, when writing diverse forms of poetry, students should choose the topic to write about.
Academic text (2008) -
And you have a new book of poetry called Above Ground.
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I got a degree in poetry in college.
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That means talking about his life in poetry, right?
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Ask your staff to attempt other forms of poetry writing with young children.
Academic text (2015) -
Finally, though, this really is a course in poetry, plain and simple.
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I studied French poetry also as a student.
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And she was like, I'm going to a poetry camp in New York.
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I took a poetry class at USC.
Synonyms
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Written works such as novels, poems, and plays that people value for art or ideas
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Writing with a regular rhythm that often rhymes
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A form of writing in lines that often rhyme and sound musical
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
Poems written in Old English, like Beowulf, from the 7th to 11th centuries
How Poetic
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- Literature
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- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word poetry comes from the Greek verb poiein, which means 'to make'. A poet is literally a 'maker' of words, so poetry is the art of making lines and rhythm to express ideas and feelings.