| 单词 | poetry of motion |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoetry of motion (also †the foot) a. figurative. Something comparable to poetry in its beauty or emotional impact; a poetic quality of beauty and intensity of emotion; the poetic quality of something. In early use, chiefly in poetry of motion (also †the foot): dancing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > [noun] hoppingc1290 dancec1300 dancinga1340 sallyingc1440 footinga1450 balla1571 tracing1577 orchestra1596 measuring1598 dancery?1615 saltation1623 tripudiation1623 poetry of motion (also the foot)1654 light fantastic1832 rug-cutting1937 terping1942 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [noun] > poetical quality or style poeticality?1578 poeticnessa1631 poetry1654 poeticalness1835 1654 Mercurius Aulicus 27 Mar.–3 Apr. 18 Let flaming Loves in flaming fires be seen, Tellus her self be mantled all in green, The Poetrie of Bells be added. 1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies iii. i. 32 The Poetry of the Foot takes most of late. a1745 J. Richardson Morning Thoughts (1776) 346 Dancing is the poetry of motion; and therefore a most agreeable and a rational diversion. 1806 Lady Morgan Wild Irish Girl II. xix. 197 ‘I seldom dance,’ said I—‘Ill health has for some time back coincided with my inclination, which seldom led me to try my skill at the Poetry of Motion.’ 1817 J. Keats Poems 93 The poetry of earth is never dead:..a voice will run..about the new-mown mead; That is the Grasshopper's. 1846 C. Mackay Poems, Railways 1 ‘No poetry in railways!’ foolish thought Of a dull brain, to no fine music wrought. 1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 70 To live poetry, indeed, is always better than to write it. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 535 The poetry of motion, art of callisthenics... Watch me! My terpsichorean abilities. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 61 O leave me clean..From all the mental poetry of deliberate love-making. 1975 Times 6 Mar. 13/5 There is a moment of poetry in a sequence where the dancers simply walk about carrying umbrellas. 1992 B. D'Amato Beauty i. iv. 24 Regular plastic surgeons just can't do the things I do. They don't have a sense of detail. And they don't have the poetry. < as lemmas |
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