English Explanatory Dictionary

poetry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tɹi/ /ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/ En-us-poetry.ogg /pɵˈjɛʈ.ri/

Word forms

poetry poetries poëtry

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.

Synonyms

poesy verse

Antonyms

prose

Related words

poet poetess poetic poeticize poetics poetize

Derived words

antipoetry blackout poetry concrete poetry cyberpoetry dub poetry ecopoetry epic poetry erasure poetry found poetry graveyard poetry hyperpoetry Instapoetry jazzetry jazz poetry lyric poetry magnetic poetry Martian poetry metapoetry micropoetry mythopoetry nonpoetry onomatopoetry performance poetry poetry in motion poetryless poetrylike poetry reading poetry slam shape poetry slam poetry sound poetry spoetry visual poetry
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