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versification

noun

Definition of versification

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

There are novels that are all just poetry and emotion and themes, in which nothing happens.

— Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
The shop carries a small but curated selection from around the world focusing on topics like art, design, theory, hybrid works, fiction and poetry.

— Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 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

These were poems that dealt directly with the execution of friends and associates of Wyatt’s, including Anne Boleyn.

— Colm Tóibín, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Greeting the audience at the entrance is Rilke’s poem, printed on a transparent panel; visible just beyond is Goldin+Senneby’s large-scale, amber Resin Pond (2006), made with two tons of pine tree resin spilling across the gallery.

— Vivienne Chow, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 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

Noun

Closets Without a Purpose Garcia’s definition of a closet without purpose is a space where belongings have piled up without rhyme, reason, or a clear system to help organize whatever is inside.

— Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 15 Sep. 2026
Galtié also pointed out that the garden sits steps from the Vanderbilt Gate, a fitting historical rhyme given the family’s ties to Boucheron.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of rhyme

Noun

Furnari recalled that some of the song’s early music and lyrics came together quickly, but writing words that could do justice to their experience was another matter.

— Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2026
In a place filled with people confronting the challenge of rebuilding their lives, the lyrics of one particular song were a reverie.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 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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