Poetry
Poetry
Poetry (/ˈpoʊɪtri/ POH-eh-tree) is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.
Etymology
The term derives from a variant of the Greek term, poiesis, "making" and a poet is thus a maker and the poem something that is made or created. The term also has closely related synonyms in other languages, such as the Latin term poēsis.
Related Terms
- Verse: A metrical structure, a stanza or a poem in poetry.
- Rhyme: The correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
- Meter: The basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.
- Stanza: A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
- Sonnet: A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
- Haiku: A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
- Limerick: A humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear.
- Epic: A long, narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events that are significant to the culture of the poet.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Poetry
- Wikipedia's article - Poetry
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