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- DictionaryPo·et·ry/ˈpōətrē/
noun
- 1. literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature: "he is chiefly famous for his love poetry"
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poetry, literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm. (Read Britannica’s biography of this author, Howard Nemerov.)
: writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm
Poetry (a term derived from the Greek word poiesis, "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning.
Poetry is a form of writing vital to culture, art, and life. From A Poet’s Glossary. The following definition of the term poetry is reprinted from A Poet’s Glossary by Edward Hirsch. An inexplicable (though not incomprehensible) event in language; an experience through words.
Poetry is lofty thought or impassioned feeling expressed in imaginative words: Elizabethan poetry. Verse is any expression in words which simply conforms to accepted metrical rules and structure: the differences between prose and verse.
Poetry is a type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm. It often employs rhyme and meter (a set of rules governing the number and arrangement of syllables in each line). In poetry, words are strung together to form sounds, images, and ideas that might be too complex or abstract to describe directly.
Short stories, novels and other fictions express ideas and follow a plot or theme or narrative, but poetry is something else altogether. It seems to be underpinned by feeling and emotion; it comes from inspiration and takes form as rhythmical language. It's a world apart from prose.
