Entry Word: poetry

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response <not all poetry has to rhyme>

Synonyms minstrelsy, poesy, song, verse

Related Words rhyme (also rime); blank verse, free verse

Antonyms prose

2 the art or power of speaking or writing in a forceful and convincing way <the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King were filled with the kind of poetry that touches people of all races> — see eloquence