/ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tri/
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Translation
Writing in short musical lines that uses the sound and rhythm of words; poems as a group.
Word origin
From Old French poetrie, from Latin poeta, going back to Greek poiein, meaning to make; a poet is literally a maker.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- poiein
- English cognates
- poem, poet
Examples
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"Poetry" is the whole art; a "poem" is one piece of it.
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Poetry is uncountable, so it takes no a and no plural.
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A collection of poems is still called poetry.
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