poetry

noun

• literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature: he felt a desire to investigate through poetry the subjects of pain and death she glanced at the papers and saw some lines of poetry he is chiefly famous for his love poetry
• a quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems:poetry and fire are nicely balanced in the music
• something regarded as comparable to poetry in its beauty:the music department is housed in a building which is pure poetry