poetry

Other forms of poetry

plural

poetries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about poetry

What does poetry mean?

poetry means "literature in metrical form". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in poetry?

poetry has 3 syllables: po-e-try. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpoʊətɹi/.

What is another word for poetry?

Close synonyms include poesy, verse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is poetry a common word?

poetry is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.