as in poetry
writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response
in olden days young gentlemen were expected to be proficient in the art of poesy
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Expect to use up multiple pens on this novel in verse, an elegiac meditation on poesy and religion.
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Katie Ward Beim-Esche, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s feline poesy ends its Broadway revival.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
Katie Ward Beim-Esche, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s feline poesy ends its Broadway revival.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
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“Poesy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poesy. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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