poetryとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from Medieval Latin poētria, from poēta (“poet”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet; author; maker”). Displaced native 古期英語 lēoþcræft.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊɪtɹi/, [ˈpəʊʷətɹɪ]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊətɹi/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯.ətˌɹi]
• ハイフネーション: po‧et‧ry

名詞

poetry (usually uncountable, 複数形 poetries)

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

   Synonyms: (古風な用法) poesy, verse

   Antonym: prose

   • 2004, Carlin, George, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎^[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, OCLC 757869006, OL 24604921M, page 263:

     More people write poetry than read it.

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.

   That 'Swan Lake' choreography is poetry in motion, fitting the musical poetry of Tchaikovski's divine score well beyond the literary inspiration.

引用

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

派生語

• poetry in motion

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