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ˈpoʊ ɪ tripo·et·ry

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Wiktionary2.3 / 3 votes

  1. poetrynoun

    Synonyms:
    poesy

    Antonyms:
    prose

  2. poetrynoun

    The class of literature comprising poems.

    Synonyms:
    poesy

    Antonyms:
    prose

  3. poetrynoun

    Composition in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns.

    Synonyms:
    poesy

    Antonyms:
    prose

  4. poetrynoun

    A poet's literary production

    Synonyms:
    poesy

    Antonyms:
    prose

  5. poetrynoun

    A 'poetical' quality, artistic and/or artfull, which appeals or stirs the imagination, in any medium

    That 'Swan Lake' choreography is poetry in motion, fitting the musical poetry of Tchaikovski's divine score well beyond the literary inspiration

    Synonyms:
    poesy

    Antonyms:
    prose

English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. poetry

    Poetry is that form of literature that embodies beautiful thought, feeling, or action in melodious, rhythmical, and (usually) metrical language, in imaginative and artistic constructions. Poetry in a very wide sense may be anything that pleasingly addresses the imagination; as, the poetry of motion. In ordinary usage, poetry is both imaginative and metrical. There may be poetry without rime, but hardly without meter, or what in some languages takes its place, as the Hebrew parallelism; but poetry involves, besides the artistic form, the exercise of the fancy or imagination in a way always beautiful, often lofty or even sublime. Failing this, there may be verse, rime, and meter, but not poetry. There is much in literature that is beautiful and sublime in thought and artistic in construction, which is yet not poetry, because quite devoid of the element of song, whereby poetry differs from the most lofty, beautiful, or impassioned prose. Compare METER.

    Synonyms:
    meter, metrical composition, numbers, poem, poesy, rime, song, verse

    Antonyms:
    prosaic speech, prosaic writing, prose

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. poetry, poesy, versenoun

    literature in metrical form

    Synonyms:
    poesy, verse line, poetry, verse, rhyme

  2. poetrynoun

    any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling

    Synonyms:
    poesy, verse

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. poetrynoun

    Synonyms:
    verse, rhyme, poesy, metrical composition, numbers

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. poetrynoun

    Synonyms:
    verse, rhyme, poems, poesy, orthometry, versification, prosody, poetics

    Antonyms:
    prose

    Associated words:
    anthology

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "poetry":

    poésie, poem, poetic, hair, verse, poet

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How to use Poetry in a sentence?

  1. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

    Poetry encourages people to think creatively, play with language, and explore new ideas.

  2. Donald E. Knuth:

    The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music.

  3. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

    Poetry has played a crucial role in raising awareness and inspiring activism throughout history.

  4. Henry David Thoreau:

    Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

  5. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

    Poetry can foster empathy and a deeper understanding of the diversity of human experiences.


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