- Poetry
- Poetry Po"et*ry, n. [OF. 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.
[1913 Webster]
For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
2. 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. ``The planetlike music of poetry.'' --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
She taketh most delight In music, instruments, and poetry. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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