Poesy (Noun)
Meaning
Literature in metrical form.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The ancient Greeks were known for their love of poesy, and many of their greatest works were written in verse.
- Her passion for poesy led her to spend hours pouring over the works of Keats and Shelley.
- The professor's lectures on 19th-century poesy were always well-attended by students of literature.
- The young poet's first collection of poesy was met with critical acclaim and commercial success.
- In his later years, the author turned to poesy as a way to express the emotions and thoughts that he could no longer convey in prose.