资料来源 : pyDict

诗歌,诗集;诗意

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Poetry \Po"et*ry\, n. [OF. poeterie. See {Poet}.]
   1. The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the
      faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought
      and in expression.

            For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all
            human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions,
            emotions, language.                   --Coleridge.

   2. Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed
      rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical
      composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic
      poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry. ``The
      planetlike music of poetry.'' --Sir P. Sidney.

            She taketh most delight In music, instruments, and
            poetry.                               --Shak.

资料来源 : WordNet®

poetry
     n 1: literature in metrical form [syn: {poesy}, {verse}]
     2: any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the
        evocation of feeling