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poetry (iou)



poetry noun. LME.
[medieval Latin poetria, from Latin poeta POET, prob. after Latin geometria GEOMETRY.]
gen. Imaginative or creative literature; fable, fiction. LME-E17.
The art or work of a poet; composition in verse or metrical language, or in some equivalent patterned arrangement of language; the product of this as a form of literature, poems collectively; the expression or embodiment of beautiful or elevated thought, imagination, or feeling, in language and a form adapted to stir the imagination and emotions. LME.
b. fig. Something resembling or compared to poetry; poetic quality, spirit, or feeling. M17.
In pl. Pieces of poetry; poems collectively. rare. LME.
(Usu. Poetry.) (The name of) a class in a Roman Catholic school, college, or seminary, now only spec. the sixth class, immediately above Syntax and below Rhetoric, in certain Jesuit schools. E17.
Comb.: poetry-book a book containing a collection of poems, esp. one for use in schools; poetry reading the reading of poetry, esp. to an audience; a poetry recital; poetry recital a public performance of poetry; poetry slam: see SLAM noun2 5.
poetryless adjective M19.