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as in song
writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response
not all poetry has to rhyme
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as in rhetoric
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
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Recent Examples of poetry
Past honorees have included Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin, R.E.M., David Bowie, and Prince.
Smith herself hasn’t released an album of new material since 2012’s Banga, but has been active with books, poetry, and other outside-music endeavors.
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
Books & Fiction Book recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of literature, twice a week.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Building on her long-running septet, the New York City flutist and composer started setting poetry to music.
—Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
The selections reflect the great love of poetry that his father had throughout his life, his son said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
Books & Fiction Book recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of literature, twice a week.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Building on her long-running septet, the New York City flutist and composer started setting poetry to music.
—Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
The selections reflect the great love of poetry that his father had throughout his life, his son said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poetry
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The song, a home demo Lennon recorded in 1978, was well known to Beatles die-hards.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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This album, there’s of course heartbreak in it, but there’s songs for lovers, too.—
Carly Thomas,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Jan. 2025
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The rhetoric echoed his previous justification for the pullout: that the agreement imposed unfair economic burdens on the U.S. while allowing other countries, like China, to continue polluting.—
Nik Popli,
TIME,
22 Jan. 2025
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Fourteen years after their initial passage, the record is clear: contrary to the rhetoric, New York’s sanctuary laws have proven to be potent crime fighting tools.—
Peter L. Markowitz,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Ejay and Craig had written their own rap verses to it.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
25 Jan. 2025
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This isn’t the first time JAY-Z has been accused of helping Memphis Bleek with verses; Dame Dash made a similar claim in a 2024 interview.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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But Drake understandably didn’t fire off his lawsuit then, as ricochets from rich college quads (hip-hop’s prime audience) could have killed his image even more than Lamar’s rhymes did.—
Bill Hochberg,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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His rhymes are well written, well executed, and spit with intention.—
Kyle Eustice,
SPIN,
6 Jan. 2025
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Expect to use up multiple pens on this novel in verse, an elegiac meditation on poesy and religion.—
Katie Ward Beim-Esche,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 Mar. 2018
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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s feline poesy ends its Broadway revival.—
ALEXIS SOLOSKI,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2017
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“Poetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetry. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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