Poetry vs. Poiesis

Poetry vs. Poiesis — Is There a Difference?

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Difference Between Poetry and Poiesis

Poetrynoun

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

Poiesisnoun

An act or process of creation.

Poetrynoun

A poet's literary production.

Poetrynoun

(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.

Poetrynoun

literature in metrical form

Poetrynoun

any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling

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