poetry

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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

POETRY —    Poetry has always played an integral role in Japanese literature. From the earliest introduction of the Chinese writing system, Japanese language poetry was being collected and written in such works as the eighth century Man’yoshu (Collection… …   Japanese literature and theater

Poetry — Données clés Réalisation Lee Chang dong Sociétés de production Pine House Film Pays d’origine  Coree du Sud …   Wikipédia en Français

poetry — noun 1) поэзия; стихи 2) поэтичность Syn: doggerel, jingle, poesy,rhyme, verse …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

Poetry — This article is about the art form. For other uses, see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella …   Wikipedia

poetry — poetryless, adj. /poh i tree/, n. 1. the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. 2. literary work in metrical form; verse. 3. prose with poetic qualities. 4. poetic… …   Universalium

poetry — Reflecting China’s rapidly changing political, social and cultural topography at the end of the twentieth century, poetry too has experienced a dazzling and fast paced transformation in both thematic concern and aesthetic orientation. The… …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

POETRY —    Before about 1965 although much earlier Lilith LORRAINE had published Wine of Wonder (coll 1951 chap), which she advertised as being the first volume of poetry devoted to sf only isolated examples of sf poetry appeared in magazines like… …   Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia

poetry — ˈpəuɪtrɪ сущ. 1) поэзия; стихи to compose, write poetry ≈ писать стихи to memorize poetry ≈ помнить, запоминать стихи, учить стихи наизусть to read poetry ≈ читать стихи to …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

Poetry —    Has been well defined as the measured language of emotion. Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man s relation to God. Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon, redemption, repentance are the awful themes of this… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary