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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Morn :: Morn (n.) The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in poetry.
Pegasean :: Pegasean (a.) Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry..
Rhyme :: Rhyme (n.) An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language..
Eyen :: Eyen (n.) Plural of eye; -- now obsolete, or used only in poetry..
Homeric :: Homeric (a.) Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer..
Foot :: Foot (n.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent..
Improvisation :: Improvisation (n.) The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ..
Dome :: Dome (n.) A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry.
Gradus :: Gradus (n.) A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek or Latin 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..
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.
Muse :: Muse (n.) One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; -- often used in the plural..
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..
Rondeau :: Rondeau (n.) A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule..
Versemonger :: Versemonger (n.) A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt..
Song :: Song (n.) Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
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..
Verse :: Verse (n.) Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.
Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry..
Erative :: Erative (a.) Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry.
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