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as in song
writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response
not all poetry has to rhyme
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as in rhetoric
the art or power of speaking or writing in a forceful and convincing way
the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King were filled with the kind of poetry that touches people of all races
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Recent Examples of poetry
With a career spanning more than five decades, Giovanni wove the fabric of the Black experience into poetry, essays, children’s books and anthologies.
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Melissa Noel, Essence, 10 Dec. 2024
People marveled at its ability to craft poetry, debug code, and answer questions with conversational flair.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
And then all that's left behind is the tortured poetry.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Kapadia captures the texture of their lives, as well as the glittery, gritty poetry of the city around them.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
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Melissa Noel, Essence, 10 Dec. 2024
People marveled at its ability to craft poetry, debug code, and answer questions with conversational flair.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
And then all that's left behind is the tortured poetry.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Kapadia captures the texture of their lives, as well as the glittery, gritty poetry of the city around them.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
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John told Lennon if the song ascended to the top of the charts, Lennon would have to join him onstage to sing it.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The doc tells the story of how George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s beloved ’80s duo turned one song into a cultural phenomenon.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
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Yet Biden administration officials have not espoused the same explicitly anti-media rhetoric as Trump and his top allies have for years.Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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Officials in both countries know that Trump is a dealmaker, and some believe the conduct of his presidency will ultimately be less harsh than his rhetoric.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Swifties who took umbrage at a reference to Taylor Swift in Ye’s verse could only slow its momentum.Mike Wass, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
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In verse one, the guy honors the motorcade by pulling into a Kwik Sak parking lot.Tom Roland, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2024
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There are these rhymes, there are these resonances, almost little melodies and verses throughout.Nick Newman, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2024
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Plus, Mikey Day’s emperor rattled off a Hamilton-style rap, with Mescal battling back with a few rhymes before topping him in a floss-off.Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 7 Dec. 2024
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Expect to use up multiple pens on this novel in verse, an elegiac meditation on poesy and religion.Katie Ward Beim-Esche, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2018
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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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“Poetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetry. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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