Look up: Poetry

1. Poetry
   The work of a poet. The exalted, expressive, elevated use of words. Coleridge defined it as: 'the best words in the best order.' Poetry is, however, a highly subjective term. One man's poetry is another man's schmaltz! Compare with verse. See also Poets on Poetry.
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2. poetry
   [n] - any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling 2. [n] - literature in metrical form
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3. Poetry
   Po'et·ry noun [ Old French poeterie . See Poet .] 1. The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression. « For poetry is the blossom and th...
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4. Poetry
   • (n.) Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry. • (n.) The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty o...
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5. Poetry
   (from the article `Moore, Marianne`) ...some of her best-known poems, including `To a Steam Roller,` `The Fish,` `When I Buy Pictures,` `Peter,` `The Labors of Hercules,` and `Poetry.` ...
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6. poetry
   literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for ... [42 related articles]
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7. poetry
   poetry 1. The creative art or work of a poet. 2. Poems regarded as forming a division of literature. 3. The poetic works of a given author, group, nation, or kind. 4. A piece of literature written in meter; verse. 5. Prose that resembles a poem in some respect, as in form or sound. 6. The essen...
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8. Poetry
   Music, Poetry, Prophecy, Truth, Medicine, Light; Earlier, the Sun Greek: Apollo; (god) Latin: Apollo (god, also called Phoebus Apollo) The god of the sun, music, poetry, and medicine. Symbols: The lyre (a musical instrument resembling a harp), arrows, and the sun chariot.
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9. poetry
   God of sun, music, poetry, and medicine. Greek: Phoebus Apollo Latin: Phoebus Apollo Symbols: Lyre (musical instrument resembling a harp), arrows, and sun chariot.
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10. poetry
    a form of speech or writing that harmonizes the music of its language with its subject. To read a great poem is to bring out the perfect marriage of its sound and thought in a silent or voiced performance. At least from the time of Aristotle's Poetics, drama was conceived of as a species of poetry.
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11. poetry
    Imaginative literary form, particularly suitable for describing emotions and thoughts. Poetry is highly `compressed` writing, often using figures of speech to talk about one thing in terms of another, such as metaphor and simile, that allows the reader to `unpack` the poem's meaning for itself. This leads to people interpret...
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12. Poetry
    `Poetry` (from the Greek `poiesis`/ποίησις poieo/ποιέω, a making: a forming, creating, or the art of poetry, or a poem) is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent me...
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13. Poetry
    (magazine) `Poetry`, published in Chicago, Illinois since 1912, is one of the leading monthly poetry journals in the English-speaking world. Published by the Poetry Foundation and currently edited by Christian Wiman, the magazine has a circulation of 30,000 and prints 300 poems per yea...
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14. Poetry
    (film) `Poetry` (; ) is a 2010 South Korean drama film written and directed by Lee Chang-dong. It tells the story of a suburban woman in her 60s who begins to grow an interest for poetry while struggling with Alzheimer`s disease and her irresponsible grandson. Yoon Jeong-hee stars in t...
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