Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.

    Dichtkunst, Poesie

    поэ́зияpoézija

    пое́зіяpoézija

  2. (uncountable, usually)A poet's literary production.

  3. (figuratively, uncountable, usually)An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.

    That 'Swan Lake' choreography is poetry in motion, fitting the musical poetry of Tchaikovski's divine score well beyond the literary inspiration.

More definitions
  • literature in metrical form
  • any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling

Examples

289 sentences
  1. Tom likes modern poetry.

    Том любить сучасну поезію.

    ruТом любит современную поэзию.

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  2. Writing poetry is an art.

    Писати вірші - це мистецтво.

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  3. Tom writes poetry.

    Том пише вірші.

    ruТом пишет стихи.

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  4. I like poetry.

    Я люблю поезію.

    ruЯ люблю поэзию.

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  5. I don't read poetry.

    Я не читаю вірші.

    deIch lese keine Poesie.

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Translations

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literature composed in verse:
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literature composed in verse:

Origin

From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from

From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from Medieval Latin poētria, from poēta (“poet”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet; author; maker”). Displaced native Old English lēoþcræft.

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