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Poetry and Poiesis Definitions

Poetry

The act or practice of composing poems.

Poiesis

An act or process of creation.

Poetry

Poems regarded as forming a division of literature.

Poetry

The poetic works of a given author, group, nation, or kind.

Poetry

Literature written in meter; verse.
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Poetry

Prose that resembles a poem in some respect, as in vivid imagery or rhythmic sound.

Poetry

The essence or characteristic quality of a poem
"It is impossible to separate the 'poetry' in Paradise Lost from the peculiar doctrines that it enshrines" (T.S. Eliot).

Poetry

A quality that suggests poetry, as in grace, beauty, or harmony
The poetry of the dancer's movements.

Poetry

Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.

Poetry

A poet's literary production.
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Poetry

(figurative) 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

The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.
For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language.

Poetry

Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry.
She taketh most delightIn music, instruments, and poetry.

Poetry

Literature in metrical form

Poetry

Any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling

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