poetry
noun
[ ˈpəʊɪtri ]
• literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.
• "he felt a desire to investigate through poetry the subjects of pain and death"
Similar:
poems,
verse,
verses,
versification,
metrical composition,
rhythmical composition,
rhymes,
rhyming,
balladry,
penillion,
poesy,
Parnassus,
Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin poetria, from Latin poeta ‘poet’. In early use the word sometimes referred to creative literature in general.
