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versification

noun

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as in poetry

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Recent Examples of versification Slathering your emotions across the page while crossing your fingers about the versification was what bad readers expected and what bad poets did. — Christopher Tayler, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 But this is bad advice, as showy and even showoffy rhymes are one of the special glories of English versification. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022

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Noun

Ever the writer, Parton managed to find some poetry and deeper meaning in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for an I-65 rest stop.

— Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
The film chronicles Oliver’s early years as a writer, the people and places that shaped her work and the celebrated poetry that eventually earned her widespread recognition.

— Lizzie Hyman, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of poetry

Noun

The collection evolved from there into Monica’s distinctive twist on some of her favorite antique and vintage pieces—charms, poesy rings and celestial motifs.

— Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2022
Around my neck is my poesy ring 'adventure' necklace, with a locket holding my secret messages.

— Will Kahn, Town & Country, 8 Mar. 2019

Definition of poesy

Noun

With Nolan and Emma Thomas producing for Syncopy, The Odyssey adapts Homer’s epic poem in telling the story of Odysseus (Damon) making his way home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
Even worse, Juliet has a three-page invitation poem about leaving all of their baggage and drama behind and meeting them in the castle.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of poem

Noun

From minstrelsy to cake walks to the chitlin circuit, the audience has always been crucial to the context.

— Lauren Morrow September 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
The minstrelsy of late-night-TV activism Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart protested the cancellation by CBS of his cohort Stephen Colbert’s Late Show by staging an appalling musical routine on The Daily Show, circling the wagons in Colbert’s defense.

— Armond White, National Review, 25 July 2025

Definition of minstrelsy

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The rhyme between her graceful form and the sculpture’s anatomy underscores the clip’s unmistakably erotic frisson.

— Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Still her story inspired countless macabre tales, including the grisly playground rhyme that is heard in the trailer.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of rhyme

Noun

No one had to wait to hear or at least see the lyrics, at least, since they were printed right on the front of the CD, in images disseminated by the shop.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026
Musgraves’ approach is to be anything but subtle in her imagery, so the lyrics can speak for themselves and open doors for other women to be just as candid.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of lyric

Noun

There was no such thing as free verse until the late 19th century.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2026
The poem’s narrative frequently shifts between different speakers and languages, and Eliot employed a range of styles and techniques, including free verse and stream of consciousness.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026

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