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Versification, Metrical Composition, Rhymes, "Walt Whitman's Poetry"

Poetry is defined as literary works that use distinctive styles and rhythms to express feelings and ideas. It can also refer to a quality of beauty and intensity found in poems or things comparable to poems for their aesthetic appeal. Poetry is composed of poems and is a genre of literature where the main focus is on conveying emotions through creative use of language.

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Versification, Metrical Composition, Rhymes, "Walt Whitman's Poetry"

Poetry is defined as literary works that use distinctive styles and rhythms to express feelings and ideas. It can also refer to a quality of beauty and intensity found in poems or things comparable to poems for their aesthetic appeal. Poetry is composed of poems and is a genre of literature where the main focus is on conveying emotions through creative use of language.

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poetry

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noun
1. literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and
ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of
literature.
"he is chiefly famous for his love poetry"
synonyms: poems, verse, versification, metrical composition, rhymes, balladry;
archaicpoesy
"Walt Whitman's poetry"
o a quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems.
"poetry and fire are nicely balanced in the music"
o something regarded as comparable to poetry in its beauty.
"the music department is housed in a building that is pure poetry"

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