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poetry
(mass) | poetry
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poetry
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Poetry
(gcide) | Poetry \Po"et*ry\, n. [OF. poeterie. See Poet.]
1. The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the
faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought
and in expression.
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For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all
human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions,
emotions, language. --Coleridge.
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2. Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed
rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical
composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic
poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry. "The
planetlike music of poetry." --Sir P. Sidney.
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She taketh most delight
In music, instruments, and poetry. --Shak.
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poetry
(wn) | poetry
n 1: literature in metrical form [syn: poetry, poesy,
verse]
2: any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the
evocation of feeling |
poetry
(devil) | POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the
Magazines.
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epic poetry
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heroic poetry
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line of poetry
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Heroic poetry
(gcide) | Heroic \He*ro"ic\, a. [F. h['e]ro["i]que, L. hero["i]cus, Gr.
"hrwi:ko`s.]
1. Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of
heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the
heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.
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2. Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as,
heroic action; heroic enterprises.
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3. (Sculpture & Painting) Larger than life size, but smaller
than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human
figure.
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Heroic Age, the age when the heroes, or those called the
children of the gods, are supposed to have lived.
Heroic poetry, that which celebrates the deeds of a hero;
epic poetry.
Heroic treatment or Heroic remedies (Med.), treatment or
remedies of a severe character, suited to a desperate
case.
Heroic verse (Pros.), the verse of heroic or epic poetry,
being in English, German, and Italian the iambic of ten
syllables; in French the iambic of twelve syllables; and
in classic poetry the hexameter.
Syn: Brave; intrepid; courageous; daring; valiant; bold;
gallant; fearless; enterprising; noble; magnanimous;
illustrious.
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Poetry
(gcide) | Poetry \Po"et*ry\, n. [OF. poeterie. See Poet.]
1. The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the
faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought
and in expression.
[1913 Webster]
For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all
human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions,
emotions, language. --Coleridge.
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2. Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed
rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical
composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic
poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry. "The
planetlike music of poetry." --Sir P. Sidney.
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She taketh most delight
In music, instruments, and poetry. --Shak.
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epic poetry
(wn) | epic poetry
n 1: poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero [syn: {heroic
poetry}, epic poetry] |
heroic poetry
(wn) | heroic poetry
n 1: poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero [syn: {heroic
poetry}, epic poetry] |
line of poetry
(wn) | line of poetry
n 1: a single line of words in a poem [syn: line of poetry,
line of verse] |
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