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poetries

poetries is the plural of poetry.

Meaning of poetry

Noun

poetry (usually uncountable, plural poetries)

  1. (usually) Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
    • More people write poetry than read it.2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 263
    Synonyms:
    poesy, verse, song
    Antonyms:
    prose
  2. (usually) A poet's literary production.
  3. (figuratively, 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.

Phrases with poetries

Questions about poetries

What is poetries the plural of?
Poetries is the plural of poetry.

Words near poetries in the dictionary

  1. poetologists
  2. poetology
  3. Poetomachia
  4. poetress
  5. poetresses
  6. poetries
  7. poetry
  8. poetry in motion
  9. poetry reading
  10. poetry readings
  11. poetry slam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poetries (page history and authors); poetry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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