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POESY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Literature in metrical form

Synonyms:

poesy; poetry; verse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("poesy" is a kind of...):

genre; literary genre; writing style (a style of expressing yourself in writing)

Domain member category:

sweet; sweetly (in an affectionate or loving manner ('sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of 'sweetly'))

apace ((poetic, literary) quickly)

lyric (of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way))

scrivened (copied in handwriting)

stilly ((poetic) still or calm)

darkling ((poetic) occurring in the dark or night)

scan (conform to a metrical pattern)

sonnet (praise in a sonnet)

sonnet (compose a sonnet)

elegise; elegize (compose an elegy)

spondaise; spondaize (make spondaic)

metrify (compose in poetic meter)

poetise; poetize; verse; versify (compose verses or put into verse)

alliterate (use alliteration as a form of poetry)

tag (supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes)

rhyme; rime (compose rhymes)

relyric (write new lyrics for (a song))

lyric (write lyrics for (a song))

Erin (an early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry)

dolor; dolour ((poetry) painful grief)

hush; still; stillness ((poetic) tranquil silence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poesy"):

epos (a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme)

epic poetry; heroic poetry (poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero)

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