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- Dictionarypo·et·ry/ˈpōətrē/
noun
- 1. 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: "he is chiefly famous for his love poetry"
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Oct 24, 2024 · This article considers the difficulty or impossibility of defining poetry; man’s nevertheless familiar acquaintance with it; the differences between poetry and prose; the idea of form in poetry; poetry as a mode of thought; and what little may be said in prose of the spirit of poetry.
Oct 24, 2024 · That is, if an individual asks for a definition of poetry, it will most certainly not be the case that he has never seen one of the objects called poems that are said to embody poetry; on the contrary, he is already tolerably certain what poetry in the main is, and his reason for wanting a definition is either that his certainty has ...
Poetry is a type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader’s imagination or emotions. The poet does this by carefully choosing and arranging language for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.
Oct 23, 2024 · Epic, long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds, although the term has also been loosely used to describe novels, such as Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, and motion pictures, such as Sergey Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible.
POETRY meaning: 1 : the writings of a poet poems; 2 : something that is very beautiful or graceful
Rhythm, in poetry, the patterned recurrence, within a certain range of regularity, of specific language features, usually features of sound. Although difficult to define, rhythm is readily discriminated by the ear and the mind, having as it does a physiological basis.
There are also terms to define specific kinds of poems—lyric, elegy, ode, epic, ballad, dramatic, narrative, and didactic. Not all poems have the regular rhythm and rhyming of Old Ironsides. Some poems read almost like prose, though their printed appearance makes the difference evident.
Slam poetry is a form of performance poetry that combines elements of performance, writing, competition, and audience participation. It is performed at events called poetry slams. The name slam came from how the audience has the power to praise or, sometimes, destroy a poem.
Oct 21, 2024 · The haiku is a Japanese poetic form that consists of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. The haiku developed from the hokku, the opening three lines of a longer poem known as a tanka. The haiku became a separate form of poetry in the 17th century.
Oct 24, 2024 · Poetry - Form, Rhyme, Meter: People nowadays who speak of form in poetry almost always mean such externals as regular measure and rhyme, and most often they mean to get rid of these in favour of the freedom they suppose must follow upon the absence of form in this limited sense.
