poetry
Syllables: po·et·ryUK/ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tɹi//ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/
poetry noun: literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
Noun
poetry (usually uncountable, plural poetries)
- 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
- Antonyms:
- prose
- A poet's literary production.
- 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.
poetry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
poetry in Hindi
- literature composed in verse
- काव्य kāvya, कविता kavitā
poetry in Tamil
- literature composed in verse
- கவிதை kavitai
poetry in Marathi
- literature composed in verse
- काव्य kāvya
poetry in Urdu
- literature composed in verse
- شِعْر śi'r, نَظْم nazm, شاعِرِی śā'irī
More languagesFewer languages
- poetry in Bengali
- কবিতা kobita
- poetry in Telugu
- కవిత kavita, కవిత్వం kavitvaṁ
- poetry in Malayalam
- കവിത kavita
- poetry in Kannada
- ಕವನ kavana
- poetry in Punjabi
- شاعری śā‘irī, ਕਾਵਿ kāvi, ਸ਼ਾਇਰੀ śāirī
- poetry in Gujarati
- કવિતા
- poetry in Odia
- କବିତା kabitā
- poetry in Sanskrit
- कविता kavitā
- poetry in Assamese
- কবিতা kobita
- poetry in Nepali
- कविता kavitā
- poetry in Tagalog
- panulaan
- poetry in Arabic
- شِعْر šiʕr
- poetry in Malay
- puisi
- poetry in Indonesian
- puisi
- poetry in Thai
- กวีนิพนธ์ gà-wii-ní-pon
- poetry in Vietnamese
- thơ ca, thi ca, thơ
- poetry in Myanmar
- ကဗျာ ka.bya
Examples of poetry in a sentence
- The tenor of Eliot's prosaic work differs greatly from that of his poetry.
- She’s an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry.
- Teenage angst-ridden poetry may not be to the liking of all readers.
Synonyms of poetry
Antonyms
Forms of poetry
| plural | poetries |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic, rare) | poëtry |
Origin of poetry
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.
Words formed from poetry
- antipoetry
- blackout poetry
- concrete poetry
- cyberpoetry
- dub poetry
- ecopoetry
- epic poetry
- erasure poetry
- found poetry
- graveyard poetry
- hyperpoetry
- Instapoetry
- jazzetry
- jazz poetry
- lyric poetry
- magnetic poetry
- Martian poetry
- metapoetry
- micropoetry
- mythopoetry
- nonpoetry
- onomatopoetry
- performance poetry
- poetry in motion
- poetryless
- poetrylike
- poetry reading
- poetry slam
- shape poetry
- slam poetry
- sound poetry
- spoetry
- visual poetry
Phrases with poetry
Questions about poetry
- What does poetry mean?
- Poetry means literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
- What is poetry in Hindi?
- Poetry in Hindi is काव्य (kāvya), कविता (kavitā). See Poetry meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is poetry?
- Poetry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce poetry?
- Poetry is pronounced /ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of poetry?
- The plural of poetry is poetries.
Words near poetry in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: poetry (page history and authors); شاعری (Punjabi) (page history and authors); poetry (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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