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(noun) in the sense of verse

Definition

the art or craft of writing poems

the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore

Synonyms

verse

a slim volume of verse

poems

rhyme

He has taught her a little rhyme.

rhyming

poesy (archaic)

verse composition

metrical composition

subject word lists

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Quotations

Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense [Isaac Barrow]Poetry is what gets lost in translation [Robert Frost]Poetry is a search for ways of communication; it must be conducted with openness, flexibility, and a constant readiness to listen [Fleur Adcock]Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity [William Wordsworth – Lyrical Ballads (preface)]Poetry is at bottom a criticism of life [Matthew Arnold – Essays in Criticism]Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry [Gustave Flaubert – letter]Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat [Robert Frost]As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines [Lord Macaulay – Essays]Poetry (is) a speaking picture, with this end; to teach and delight [Sir Philip Sidney – The Defence of Poetry]Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes [Joseph Roux – Meditations of a Parish Priest]Prose = words in their best order; poetry = the best words in their best order [Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Table Talk]Imaginary gardens with real toads in them [Marianne Moore – Poetry]Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history [Aristotle – Poetics]Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it [Jeremy Bentham]I am two fools, I know,
For loving, and for saying so
In whining poetry [John Donne – The Triple Fool]Poetry's a mere drug, Sir [George Farquhar – Love and a Battle]I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down [Robert Frost]If poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree it had better not come at all [John Keats – letter]Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo [Don Marquis]rhyme being... but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre [John Milton – Paradise Lost (preface)]Most people ignore most poetry
because
most poetry ignores most people [Adrian Mitchell – Poems]All that is not prose is verse; and all that is not verse is prose [Molière – Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme]My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity [Wilfred Owen – Poems (preface)]it is not poetry, but prose run mad [Alexander Pope – An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot]

单词	poetry
释义	Trends of poetry View usage for: poetry (poʊɪtri) 1. uncountable noun Poems, considered as a form of literature, are referred to as poetry. ...Russian poetry. His first encounter with poetry had been the Tennyson given him by his father. Since when have you been interested in poetry? 2. uncountable noun You can describe something very beautiful as poetry. His music is purer poetry than a poem in words. More Synonyms of poetry poetry in British English (ˈpəʊɪtrɪ) noun 1. literature in metrical form; verse 2. the art or craft of writing verse 3. poetic qualities, spirit, or feeling in anything 4. anything resembling poetry in rhythm, beauty, etc Word origin C14: from Medieval Latin poētria, from Latin poēta poet poetry in American English (ˈpoʊətri) noun 1. the art, theory, or structure of poems 2. poems; poetical works 3. a. poetic qualities; the rhythm, feelings, spirit, etc. of poems b. the expression or embodiment of such qualities Word origin ME poetrie < OFr < ML poetria < L poeta, poet2 Examples of 'poetry' in a sentence poetry This is not poetry or fiction, it is not literature as commonly understood. Times, Sunday Times (2016) This is not poetry or fiction, it is not literature as commonly understood. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Literature began with poetry and will doubtless one day end with it. Times, Sunday Times (2012) There are nine muses of art and poetry. The Times Literary Supplement (2012) But there is poetry and beauty in here too. Times, Sunday Times (2010) You can make a good case for the idea that all poetry is a form of elegy. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Each one had to recite a piece of classical poetry and modern verse. Times, Sunday Times (2009) They are rumoured to talk regularly about music and poetry. The Sun (2011) Does one read fiction or poetry because of its grammar? Times, Sunday Times (2013) He always retained his interest in literature and poetry. Gavin Weightman SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution (2003) Poetry is another form that can convey so much in preaching if selected well and quoted well. Christianity Today (2000) But he is also admired for his love of poetry and music. Times, Sunday Times (2014) All make serious attempts to consider the relation of the art of poetry to the lives of poets. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) The hotel also offers activities and experiences ranging from painting and poetry writing to astronomy and ballroom dancing. The Sun (2010) But documents out yesterday showed they will only be allowed to study classic literature and poetry in future. The Sun (2013) The energetic rhythms are a real contribution to English poetry. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Those are Americans to those of you not versed in the poetry of rhyming slang. The Sun (2011) Some feminists turned towards poetry, fiction and autobiography. Rowbotham, Sheila The Past is Before Us - feminism in action since the 1960s (1989) But like other contemporary art forms, poetry borrows from religion then pays no interest. The Times Literary Supplement (2013) You've got to recognise that there is a beauty and a poetry in all these things. Times, Sunday Times (2014) To write a form of lyric poetry that was intensely emotional, but sidelined my own ego. Times, Sunday Times (2010) We can invent painting or poetry, but music seems to have preceded us. Times, Sunday Times (2007) But perhaps he has all he needs, and the writing of his poetry is for him alone. Times, Sunday Times (2008) A more unlikely admirer of melancholic English poetry would be harder to imagine. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The young entrants had, apparently, failed to show that they understood the difference between poetry and verse. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Quotations Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsenseIsaac Barrow Poetry is what gets lost in translationRobert Frost Poetry is a search for ways of communication; it must be conducted with openness, flexibility, and a constant readiness to listenFleur Adcock Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillityWilliam WordsworthLyrical Ballads (preface) Poetry is at bottom a criticism of lifeMatthew ArnoldEssays in Criticism Poetry is a subject as precise as geometryGustave Flaubertletter Poetry is a way of taking life by the throatRobert Frost As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declinesLord MacaulayEssays Poetry (is) a speaking picture, with this end; to teach and delightSir Philip SidneyThe Defence of Poetry Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothesJoseph RouxMeditations of a Parish Priest Prose = words in their best order; poetry = the best words in their best orderSamuel Taylor ColeridgeTable Talk Imaginary gardens with real toads in themMarianne MoorePoetry Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than historyAristotlePoetics Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of itJeremy Bentham I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so In whining poetryJohn DonneThe Triple Fool Poetry's a mere drug, SirGeorge FarquharLove and a Battle I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net downRobert Frost If poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree it had better not come at allJohn Keatsletter Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echoDon Marquis rhyme being... but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metreJohn MiltonParadise Lost (preface) Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most peopleAdrian MitchellPoems All that is not prose is verse; and all that is not verse is proseMolièreLe Bourgeois Gentilhomme My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pityWilfred OwenPoems (preface) it is not poetry, but prose run madAlexander PopeAn Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot In other languages poetry British English: poetry /ˈpəʊɪtrɪ/ NOUN Poems, considered as a form of literature, are referred to as poetry. He wrote a great deal of poetry. American English: poetry Arabic: شِعْر Brazilian Portuguese: poesia Chinese: 诗篇 Croatian: poezija Czech: poezie Danish: poesi Dutch: poëzie European Spanish: poesía Finnish: runous French: poésie German: Lyrik Greek: ποίηση Italian: poesia Japanese: 詩歌 Korean: 시 운문 Norwegian: poesi Polish: poezja European Portuguese: poesia Romanian: poezie Russian: поэзия Latin American Spanish: poesía Swedish: poesi Thai: บทกวี Turkish: şiir Ukrainian: поезія Vietnamese: thơ ca Chinese translation of 'poetry' poetry (ˈpəuɪtrɪ) n (u) (= poems) 诗(詩) (shī) (form of literature) 诗(詩)歌 (shīgē) (noun) in the sense of verse Definition the art or craft of writing poems the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore Synonyms verse a slim volume of verse poems rhyme He has taught her a little rhyme. rhyming poesy (archaic) verse composition metrical composition subject word lists See Poetry and prosody termsSee Poetry movements and groupingsSee Poets Quotations Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense [Isaac Barrow]Poetry is what gets lost in translation [Robert Frost]Poetry is a search for ways of communication; it must be conducted with openness, flexibility, and a constant readiness to listen [Fleur Adcock]Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity [William Wordsworth – Lyrical Ballads (preface)]Poetry is at bottom a criticism of life [Matthew Arnold – Essays in Criticism]Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry [Gustave Flaubert – letter]Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat [Robert Frost]As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines [Lord Macaulay – Essays]Poetry (is) a speaking picture, with this end; to teach and delight [Sir Philip Sidney – The Defence of Poetry]Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes [Joseph Roux – Meditations of a Parish Priest]Prose = words in their best order; poetry = the best words in their best order [Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Table Talk]Imaginary gardens with real toads in them [Marianne Moore – Poetry]Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history [Aristotle – Poetics]Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it [Jeremy Bentham]I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so In whining poetry [John Donne – The Triple Fool]Poetry's a mere drug, Sir [George Farquhar – Love and a Battle]I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down [Robert Frost]If poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree it had better not come at all [John Keats – letter]Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo [Don Marquis]rhyme being... but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre [John Milton – Paradise Lost (preface)]Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people [Adrian Mitchell – Poems]All that is not prose is verse; and all that is not verse is prose [Molière – Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme]My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity [Wilfred Owen – Poems (preface)]it is not poetry, but prose run mad [Alexander Pope – An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot] Additional synonyms in the sense of rhyme Definition a piece of poetry with corresponding sounds at the ends of the lines He has taught her a little rhyme. Synonyms poem, song, verse, ode, ditty, piece of poetry, metrical composition Synonyms of 'poetry' poetry Explore 'poetry' in the dictionary
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