Definition of poetry

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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..

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Morn :: Morn (n.) The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in poetry.
Dissyllabic :: Dissyllabic (a.) Consisting of two syllables only; as, a dissyllabic foot in 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..
Labored :: Labored (a.) Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style..
Sing :: Sing (v. i.) To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry.
Genius :: Genius (n.) The peculiar structure of mind with whoch each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting..
Coleridgian :: Coleridgian (a.) Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics..
Tetracolon :: Tetracolon (n.) A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines..
Epopoeia :: Epopoeia (n.) An epic poem; epic poetry.
Humanity :: Humanity (n.) The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters..
Lyric :: Lyric (n.) A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Minerva :: Minerva (n.) The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene..
Semiped :: Semiped (n.) A half foot in poetry.
Muse :: Muse (n.) A particular power and practice of 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 & a.) A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or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..
Calliope :: Calliope (n.) The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses..
Poesy :: Poesy (n.) Poetry; metrical composition; poems.
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..
Rune :: Rune (n.) Old Norse poetry expressed in runes.
Garland :: Garland (n.) A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
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