One entry found for poetry.

Entry Word: poetry
Function: noun
Text: 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