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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
In ancient Japanese poetry, writers would marvel at how the top of Mount Fuji could be topped in snow in the middle of summer, Bernstein said.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
Roland: Roland was first popularized by Charlemagne’s supposedly eight-foot-tall nephew, who was seen as a romantic hero and celebrated in medieval poetry and songs.
—Anna Moeslein, Parents, 26 Oct. 2024
The British writer and artist is most famous for Songs of Innocence and Experience, a collection of poetry full of vivid illustrations.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
If you're really stumped, get some of those poetry fridge magnets and see what comes to you.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2024
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
Roland: Roland was first popularized by Charlemagne’s supposedly eight-foot-tall nephew, who was seen as a romantic hero and celebrated in medieval poetry and songs.
—Anna Moeslein, Parents, 26 Oct. 2024
The British writer and artist is most famous for Songs of Innocence and Experience, a collection of poetry full of vivid illustrations.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
If you're really stumped, get some of those poetry fridge magnets and see what comes to you.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poetry
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Trouble spots arise as songs lean tackily into nostalgia.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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The song reached new audiences — and new generations — when it was featured in the incredibly popular 2018 biopic film of the same name, which was based on MercyMe singer Bart Millard’s life and focused in large part on the story behind the song.Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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However, what violent extremists perceive as a tacit nod of approval — based on Trump’s own violent rhetoric — could lead to a surge in domestic terrorism in a country that remains anxious, angry and well-armed.Colin P. Clarke, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Last fall, she was censured for her rhetoric on the Israel-Hamas war, which critics condemned as anti-Semitic.Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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There’s that earworm refrain, followed by formidably declarative verses, a powder keg of a chorus and a high-concept bridge.Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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At the time, many future hip-hop icons were executing their verses in a simplified, nursery rhyme style.Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Gloria obliged, balancing out Jay’s heady rhymes with spoken reminiscences, making the track feel like a mini oral history.Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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For Still Praying, the Buffalo soldier links with DJ Drama, who serves as the host amid rampant rhyme spills on the part of Westside and his Griselda cohorts.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 1 Nov. 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 23 Nov. 2024.
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