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Word entry · 6 letters

poetry

Best crossword clue

"Rhymed writing, often"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tɹi/Part of speech nounSorted eoprtyStarts with PEnds with Y4 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. literature in metrical form

Word origin

From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from Medieval Latin poētria, from poēta (“poet”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet; author; maker”). Displaced native Old English lēoþcræft.

Used in a sentence

  • More people write poetry than read it.
  • That 'Swan Lake' choreography is poetry in motion, fitting the musical poetry of Tchaikovski's divine score well beyond the literary inspiration.

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Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01Rhymed writing, often6 letters
02Verse writing6 letters
03Writing in verse6 letters
04Poems as a group6 letters

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