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What does poetry mean?

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Noun
  1. The class of literature comprising poems.
  2. Composition in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns.
  3. A poet's literary production
  4. A 'poetical' quality, artistic and/or artfull, which appeals or stirs the imagination, in any medium
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People think poetry is waffly, loose and vague but actually good poetry is utterly precise, no word is wasted.
But while his poetry can be overly abstruse, his literary criticism is accessibly sophisticated, if not uniformly engaging.
Who is it that decides which novels, biographies, poetry and children's books do get published?
The first issue features an eclectic mix of fiction, poetry, and photographs tucked between the covers of a neat and stylish A5 booklet.
Of course poetry is also, even largely, driven by metaphor and image, in a host of ways.
The rhythms of both Greek and Latin poetry are based on the quantitative length of syllables, not on stress accent as are English rhythms.

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