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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
Though the star was free on bond and had appealed his conviction (his Doors bandmates have denied any lewd behavior actually occurred onstage), Morrison performed his final concert with The Doors in December 1970 and packed up for Paris, hoping to focus on poetry.
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Rachel Desantis, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Of course, there’s aesthetics, there is musicality, there is poetry.
—Charles Moss, SPIN, 8 Jan. 2025
Done right, a list can be read as a kind of accidental poetry and a user's manual to life.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
This spiritual path has given rise to a rich tradition encompassing poetry, music, dance and visual art, all of which seek to articulate the ineffable experiences of the soul’s journey toward God.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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Rachel Desantis, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Of course, there’s aesthetics, there is musicality, there is poetry.
—Charles Moss, SPIN, 8 Jan. 2025
Done right, a list can be read as a kind of accidental poetry and a user's manual to life.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
This spiritual path has given rise to a rich tradition encompassing poetry, music, dance and visual art, all of which seek to articulate the ineffable experiences of the soul’s journey toward God.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poetry
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The song, a home demo Lennon recorded in 1978, was well known to Beatles die-hards.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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This album, there’s of course heartbreak in it, but there’s songs for lovers, too.—
Carly Thomas,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Jan. 2025
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The rhetoric echoed his previous justification for the pullout: that the agreement imposed unfair economic burdens on the U.S. while allowing other countries, like China, to continue polluting.—
Nik Popli,
TIME,
22 Jan. 2025
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Fourteen years after their initial passage, the record is clear: contrary to the rhetoric, New York’s sanctuary laws have proven to be potent crime fighting tools.—
Peter L. Markowitz,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Ejay and Craig had written their own rap verses to it.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
25 Jan. 2025
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This isn’t the first time JAY-Z has been accused of helping Memphis Bleek with verses; Dame Dash made a similar claim in a 2024 interview.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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His incendiary rhymes, which boldly call out the atrocities carried out by the country’s dictatorial regime, have resulted in multiple arrests and extended stretches in prison over the last five years, for a sum total of 753 days.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
9 Jan. 2025
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Both artists represent a newer wave in rap with a techno-heavy sound and mind-numbingly quick rhymes.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
2 Jan. 2025
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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 29 Jan. 2025.
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