English > poetry: 2 senses > noun 1, communicationMeaning | literature in metrical form. |
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Synonyms | poesy, verse |
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Category of | Erin | An early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry |
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alliterate | Use alliteration as a form of poetry |
apace | (poetic, literary) quickly |
darkling | (poetic) occurring in the dark / dark or night |
dolor, dolour | (poetry) painful grief |
elegize, elegise | Compose an elegy |
hush, stillness, still | (poetic) tranquil silence |
lyric | Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way) |
lyric | Write lyrics for (a song) |
metrify | Compose in poetic meter |
relyric | Write new lyrics for (a song) |
rhyme, rime | Compose rhymes |
scan | conform to a metrical pattern |
scrivened | Copied in handwriting / handwriting |
sonnet | Compose a sonnet |
sonnet | praise in a sonnet |
spondaize, spondaise | make spondaic |
stilly | (poetic) still or calm |
sweetly, sweet | In an affectionate or loving manner ('sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of 'sweetly') |
tag | Supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes |
verse, versify, poetize, poetise | Compose verses or put into verse |
wont to | in the habit |
Narrower | epos | A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme |
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heroic poetry, epic poetry | poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero |
Broader | writing style, literary genre, genre | A style of expressing yourself in writing |
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Spanish | poema, poesía, verso |
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Catalan | poesia, vers |
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Adjectives | poetic, poetical | of or relating to poetry |
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