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Poetry Noun Bre ˈpəʊətri ˈpoʊətri Epic/Lyric/Pastoral Maya Angelou’s

Word poetry
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈpəʊətri / NAmE / ˈpoʊətri /
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  • epic/lyric/pastoral, etc. poetry
  • maya angelou’s poetry
  • a poetry reading
  • there was poetry in all her gestures.
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poetry

(noun)BrE / ˈpəʊətri / NAmE / ˈpoʊətri /
  1. a collection of poems; poems in general
    • synonym verse
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/verse
    • epic/lyric/pastoral, etc. poetry
    • Maya Angelou’s poetry
    • a poetry reading
  2. a beautiful and elegant quality
    • There was poetry in all her gestures.

    Extra Examples

    • At school we had to learn a lot of poetry by heart.
    • He began his speech with a few lines of poetry.
    • She invited me to one of her poetry readings.
    • an essay on imagery in poetry
    • the New York poetry scene

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: from medieval Latin poetria, from Latin poeta ‘poet’. In early use the word sometimes referred to creative literature in general.
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