poetry

Poetry is a style of writing that uses a formal organization and that is often divided up into lines or stanzas, or it refers to something beautiful.

(noun)

See poetry in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the art, theory, or structure of poems
poems; poetical works
1. poetic qualities; the rhythm, feelings, spirit, etc. of poems
2. the expression or embodiment of such qualities

Origin: ME poetrie < OFr < ML poetria < L poeta, poet

See poetry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The art or work of a poet.
a. Poems regarded as forming a division of literature.
b. The poetic works of a given author, group, nation, or kind.
A piece of literature written in meter; verse.
Prose that resembles a poem in some respect, as in form or sound.
The essence or characteristic quality of a poem.
A quality that suggests poetry, as in grace, beauty, or harmony: the poetry of the dancer's movements.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English poetrie

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Medieval Latin poētria

Origin: , from Latin poēta, poet; see poet

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