Po•et•ry
/poh-i-tree/
noun
1. the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
2. literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.
Origin: Deprived from 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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