Definition of poetry

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Poetry (n.) 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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Trump :: Trump (n.) A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry..
Coleridgian :: Coleridgian (a.) Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics..
Poesy :: Poesy (n.) Poetry; metrical composition; poems.
Idyl :: Idyl (n.) A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like..
Erato :: Erato (n.) The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.
Tragi-comi-pastoral :: Tragi-comi-pastoral (a.) Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy, and pastoral poetry..
Singsong :: Singsong (n.) Bad singing or poetry.
Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry..
Lyric :: Lyric (n.) A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Cycle :: Cycle (n.) The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins..
Bardic :: Bardic (a.) Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry..
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..
Scaldic :: Scaldic (a.) Of or pertaining to the scalds of the Norsemen; as, scaldic poetry..
Poematic :: Poematic (a.) Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical..
Whate''er :: Whate'er (pron.) A contraction of what-ever; -- used in poetry.
Labored :: Labored (a.) Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style..
Humanity :: Humanity (n.) The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters..
Lyre :: Lyre (n.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry..
Goliardery :: Goliardery (n.) The satirical or ribald poetry of the Goliards.
Piece :: Piece (n.) A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary..
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