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[ˈpəʊɪtri], (Noun)
Definitions:
- 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
(e.g: he felt a desire to investigate through poetry the subjects of pain and death)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from medieval Latin poetria, from Latin poeta ‘poet’. In early use the word sometimes referred to creative literature in general
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