poetry
po-e-try · noun
Definitions
noun
- 1.
Literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm.
- 2.
Poems collectively or as a genre of literature.
- 3.
A quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems.
Phrases & expressions
- •poetry in motion — Something or someone moving with exceptional grace.
- •poetic justice — An outcome in which vice is punished and virtue rewarded.
Related words
Etymology
From Old French poetrie, from Medieval Latin poetria, from Latin poeta ("poet"), from Greek poietes ("maker, poet").