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Webster 1913 Edition
Poetry
1.
The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.
For
poetry
is the blossom and the fragrance of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language. Coleridge.
2.
Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively;
“The planetlike music of poetry.” as, heroic
poetry
; dramatic poetry
; lyric or Pindaric poetry
. Sir P. Sidney.
She taketh most delight
In music, instruments, and
In music, instruments, and
poetry
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Poetry
PO'ETRY
,Noun.
1.
The art or practice of composing in verse. He excels in poetry.2.
Poems; poetical composition. We take pleasure in reading poetry.3.
This term is also applied to the language of excited imagination and feeling.