Meaning of POESY
| Pronunciation: | | 'powizee
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| | Definition: | | [n] literature in metrical form |
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| | Synonyms: | | poetry, verse |
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| | See Also: | | epos, genre, literary genre, writing style | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Po"e*sy\, n. [F. po['e]sie (cf. It. poesia), L. poesis,
from Gr. ?. from ? to make. Cf. {Posy}.]
1. The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as,
the heavenly gift of poesy. --Shak.
2. Poetry; metrical composition; poems.
Music and poesy used to quicken you. --Shak.
3. A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other
thing; a posy. --Bacon.
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| | Related Terms: | | afflatus, anthology, Apollo, Apollo Musagetes, bad poetry, book of verse, Bragi, Calliope, Castilian Spring, creative imagination, Erato, Euterpe, fire of genius, garland, Helicon, Hippocrene, inspiration, Muse, musical thought, Parnassus, Pierian Spring, Pierides, poetastering, poetastery, poetic genius, poetic works, poetry, Polyhymnia, rhyme, rune, song, the Muses, the supreme fiction, verse, versemongering |
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