poetry
Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns…Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
» Tom likes modern poetry.
Том любит современную поэзию.
Том любить сучасну поезію.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
Dichtkunst, Poesie
поэ́зияpoézija
пое́зіяpoézija
(uncountable, usually)A poet's literary production.
(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.
- literature in metrical form
- any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling
Examples
289 sentencesTom likes modern poetry.
Том любить сучасну поезію. — deniko
ruТом любит современную поэзию. — marafon
Writing poetry is an art.
Писати вірші - це мистецтво. — Ahha
Tom writes poetry.
Том пише вірші. — deniko
ruТом пишет стихи. — marafon
I like poetry.
Я люблю поезію. — deniko
ruЯ люблю поэзию. — Erviy
I don't read poetry.
Я не читаю вірші. — deniko
deIch lese keine Poesie. — Adelpa
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, fromFrom 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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Forms
plural: poetries| Singular | poetry |
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uncountable
Synonyms
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