POETRY
\pˈə͡ʊɪtɹi], \pˈəʊɪtɹi], \p_ˈəʊ_ɪ_t_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of POETRY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The art of expressing in melodious words the creations of feeling and imagination: utterance in song: metrical composition.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
