English noun: poetry |
1. | poetry (communication) literature in metrical form |
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| Synonyms | poesy, verse |
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| Broader (hypernym) | genre, literary genre, writing style |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | epic poetry, epos, heroic poetry |
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| Domain category members | alliterate, darkling, dolor, dolour, elegise, elegize, Erin, hush, lyric, lyric, metrify, poetise, poetize, relyric, rhyme, rime, scan, scrivened, sonnet, sonnet, spondaise, spondaize, still, stillness, stilly, sweet, sweetly, tag, verse, versify |
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2. | poetry (communication) any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling |
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| Broader (hypernym) | expressive style, style |
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