poetry

B1 Topic:Literature & Storytelling

US /ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/ UK /ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #3947

Meanings

1

noun
Writing arranged in lines, often with rhythm or rhyme, that expresses feelings and ideas.

More people write poetry than read it.
2

noun
A graceful, beautiful quality in something that stirs the emotions.

The dancer moved with such grace that it was pure poetry.

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Synonyms

1 noun · writing arranged in lines,... poesy verse

Word family

Derived forms antipoetrycyberpoetryecopoetryhyperpoetryinstapoetryjazzetrymetapoetrymicropoetrymythopoetrynonpoetryonomatopoetrypoetryless

Related forms poet poetess poeticpoeticizepoeticspoetize

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epic poetry
long narrative poetry about heroic deeds and major events

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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.

poetrye Middle English pöeterie Old French poētria la-med ποιητής Ancient Greek

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Literature & Storytelling Art & Music

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# poetry

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 3947

## Meanings
1. Writing arranged in lines, often with rhythm or rhyme, that expresses feelings and ideas.
2. A graceful, beautiful quality in something that stirs the emotions.

## Examples
- More people write poetry than read it.
- The dancer moved with such grace that it was pure poetry.

## Derived Forms
- antipoetry
- cyberpoetry
- ecopoetry
- hyperpoetry
- instapoetry
- jazzetry
- metapoetry
- micropoetry
- mythopoetry
- nonpoetry
- onomatopoetry
- poetryless

## Related Forms
- poet
- poetess
- poetic
- poeticize
- poetics
- poetize

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: poetrye
- Root: pöeterie
- Root: poētria
- Root: ποιητής

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Poetry comes 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. In present-day English it covers writing arranged in lines, often with rhythm or rhyme, that expresses feelings and ideas and a graceful, beautiful quality in something that stirs the emotions. The wider family includes derived forms such as antipoetry, cyberpoetry, ecopoetry, hyperpoetry, instapoetry and related forms such as poet, poetess, poetic, poeticize.

## Topics
- Literature & Storytelling
- Art & Music

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