Synonym: lyric, ode, rhyme, verse. Antonym: prose. Similar words: poet, poem, subpoena, onomatopoeia, metre, toiletry, metric, petrol. Meaning: ['pəʊɪtrɪ] 
n. 1. literature in metrical form 2. any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling.
n. 1. literature in metrical form 2. any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling. 
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151 Yeats' plays are great poetry but they are not good theatre .
152 I've always been fond of poetry and one piece has always stuck in my mind.
153 A many-sided character, he wrote poetry and was a keen cricketer and cook.
154 My brother thinks that anyone who doesn't like poetry has no soul.
155 It has become the biggest publisher of new poetry in Britain, with 50 new titles a year.
156 In his poetry we find many allusions to the human body.
157 The teacher cannot pin down the essence of ancient poetry.
158 As part of the celebrations they staged a big, open - air multimedia event, with music, videos, poetry readings, dance and improvisations.
159 We read a lot of poetry at school I remember very little now.
160 Li Bai and Du Fu figure most prominently in the history of Chinese poetry.
161 Poetry belongs with music.
162 Children should be brought into contact with poetry at an early age.
163 Those were the halcyon days of Athens when she produced her finest poetry and drama,(http://sentencedict.com/poetry.html) architecture and sculpture.
164 The muse has left me - I haven't written any poetry for months!
165 The book is a select collection of poetry from various authors.
166 These ancient scholars were steeped in poetry and painting, as well as maths and astronomy.
167 In the poetry competition, aside from Hass, are four other entrants.
168 In writing poetry, one is unfettered by the normal rules of sentence structure.
169 He is deeply sceptical about the value of teaching poetry.
170 His letters, like his poetry, are life-enhancing and a delight.
171 Her poetry is such that it will not endure a superficial reading.
172 I myself enjoy cinema, poetry, eating out and long walks.
173 She wrote poetry while she was in the hospital to keep her spirits up .
174 Critics have concentrated too much on the formal elements of her poetry, without really looking at what it is saying.
175 There have been a fantastic number of entries for this year's poetry competition.
176 The Lake District in 1800 was the crucible of the new Romantic movement in English poetry.
177 I think that a lot of poetry published today is obscurantist nonsense.
178 Superstition is the poetry of life. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 
179 I'm a real admirer of Robert Frost's poetry.
180 Terri's assignment for Martha was poetry.
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