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Poetry


PO'ETRY, noun [Gr.] Metrical composition; verse; as heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry

1. The art or practice of composing in verse. He excels in poetry

2. Poems; poetical composition. We take pleasure in reading poetry

3. This term is also applied to the language of excited imagination and feeling.