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Gem :: Gem (n.) Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying..

Whate''er :: Whate'er (pron.) A contraction of what-ever; -- used in poetry.

Improvisation :: Improvisation (n.) The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ..

Rune :: Rune (n.) Old Norse poetry expressed in runes.

Distain :: Distain (v. t.) To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry.

Law :: Law (n.) In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist..

Poetry :: Poetry (n.) The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.

Regular :: Regular (a.) Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building..

Poematic :: Poematic (a.) Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical..

Homeric :: Homeric (a.) Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer..

Mount :: Mount (v.) A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry..

Steedless :: Steed (n.) A horse, especially a spirited horse for state of war; -- used chiefly in poetry or stately prose..

Thy :: Thy (pron.) Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine..

Epopoeia :: Epopoeia (n.) An epic poem; epic poetry.

Poetry :: 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..

Musal :: Musal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Muses, or to Poetry..

Thine :: Thine (pron. & a.) A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers..

Glyconic :: Glyconic (a.) Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry..

Erative :: Erative (a.) Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry.

Number :: Number (n.) That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; -- chiefly used in the plural..

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