noun [mass noun] Literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature: he felt a desire to investigate through poetry the subjects of pain and death she glanced at the papers and saw some lines of poetry he is chiefly famous for his love poetry • A quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems: poetry and fire are nicely balanced in the music • Something regarded as comparable to poetry in its beauty: the music department is housed in a building which is pure poetry poetry: 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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The definition of poetry is written art in which language is used for additional quality to the aesthetic , or in addition to its semantic meaning .
Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊɪtri/
noun [mass noun]
Literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature:
he felt a desire to investigate through poetry the subjects of pain and death
she glanced at the papers and saw some lines of poetry
he is chiefly famous for his love poetry
• A quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems:
poetry and fire are nicely balanced in the music
• Something regarded as comparable to poetry in its beauty:
the music department is housed in a building which is pure poetry
poetry: origin
late Middle English: from medieval Latin poetria, from Latin poeta 'poet'. In early use the word sometimes referred to creative literature in general
Sumber: Oxford Dictionary