Definition / Meaning Of Poetry
- Poetry is the art of employing words in extraordinary ways
- Poetry is a mirror walking down a strange street
- A type of writing that uses language to express imaginative and emotional qualities instead of or in addition to meaning
- A collection of words that express an emotion or idea
- A poetry is a type of literature or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader's imaginations or emotions
Pronunciation:
/'pōətrē/
Definitions Of Poetry by Famous Poet
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.
∽ William Wordsworth
∽ Robert Frost
A good poet is someone who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck lightning five or six times; a dozen or two dozen times and he is great.
∽ Randall Jarrell
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
∽ T.S.Eliot
Poetry is the record of the best and the happiest moments of the happiest and the best minds.
∽ Percy Bysshe Shelley
Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.
∽ Robert Frost
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
∽ Adrain Mitchell
Great poetry is written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.
∽ Stephen Spender
