| po-et-try (p-tr) n. 1. The art or work of a poet. 2. a. Poems regarded as forming a division of literature. b. The poetic works of a given author, group, nation, or kind. 3. A piece of literature written in meter; verse. 4. Prose that resembles a poem in some respect, as in form or sound. 5. The essence or characteristic quality of a poem. 6. A quality that suggests poetry, as in grace, beauty, or harmony: the poetry of the dancer's movements. po-es-y (p-z, -s) n. pl. poáeásies 1. Poetical works; poetry. 2. The art or practice of composing poems. 3. The inspiration involved in composing poetry. verse (vžrs) n. 1. a. A single metrical line in a poetic composition; one line of poetry. b. A division of a metrical composition, such as a stanza of a poem or hymn. c. A poem. 2. Metrical or rhymed composition as distinct from prose; poetry. 3. a. The art or work of a poet. b. A group of poems: read a book of satirical verse. 4. A particular type of metrical composition, such as blank verse or free verse. 5. One of the numbered subdivisions of a chapter in the Bible. rhyme also rime (rm) n. 1. Correspondence of terminal sounds of words or of lines of verse. 2. a. A poem or verse having a regular correspondence of sounds, especially at the ends of lines. b. Poetry or verse of this kind. 3. A word that corresponds with another in terminal sound, as behold and cold. v. rhymed also rimed, rhymáing also rimáing, rhymes also rimes v.intr. 1. To form a rhyme. 2. To compose rhymes or verse. 3. To make use of rhymes in composing verse. v.tr. 1. To put into rhyme or compose with rhymes. |
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spok-en-word
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Spoken aloud: spoken-word poetry.
Performing or involving a performance of the spoken word:
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