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”).

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: poesy (古風な用法), 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.

   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 of use of this term, see Citations:poetry.

派生語

• poetry in motion

関連する語

アナグラム

• Proyet, Torpey, tropey