different between poetry vs poetic

English

Alternative forms

• poëtry (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from Medieval Latin po?tria, from po?ta (“poet”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (poi?t?s, “poet; author; maker”). Displaced native Old English l?oþcræft.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p???t?i/, [?p????t??]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?po??t?i/, [?p?o??.?t??i]
• Hyphenation: po?et?ry

Noun

poetry (usually uncountable, plural poetries)

1. Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.

   Synonyms: (archaic) poesy, verse

   Antonym: prose

2. A poet's literary production.
3. (figuratively) An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:poetry.

Derived terms

• poetry in motion

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Proyet, Torpey, tropey

English

Alternative forms

• poetick (obsolete)
• poetical

Etymology

From Middle French poetique, from Latin poeticus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (poi?tikós) from ????? (poié?, “make”). Doublet of poietic.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /po???t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

poetic (comparative more poetic, superlative most poetic)

1. Relating to poetry.
2. Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc.
3. Connecting to the soul of the beholder. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Antonyms

• prosaic

Derived terms

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Translations

Friulian

Adjective

poetic

1. poetic

Interlingua

Adjective

poetic (comparative plus poetic, superlative le plus poetic)

1. poetic