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Definition of Poesy
1. Noun. Literature in metrical form.
Examples of category: Hush, Still, Stillness, Dolor, Dolour, Erin, Lyric, Relyric, Rhyme, Rime, Tag, Alliterate, Poetise, Poetize, Verse, Versify, Metrify, Spondaise, Spondaize, Elegise, Elegize, Sonnet, Sonnet, Scan, Darkling, Stilly, Scrivened, Lyric, Sweet, Sweetly
Specialized synonyms: Epos, Epic Poetry, Heroic Poetry
Generic synonyms: Genre, Literary Genre, Writing Style
Derivative terms: Poetical, Verse, Versify
Definition of Poesy
1. n. The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy.
Definition of Poesy
1. Noun. A poem. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (context: now archaic) The class of literature comprising poems; poetry, verse. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poesy
1. poetry [n -ESIES] - See also: poetry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poesy
Literary usage of Poesy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Prose: Selections edited by Henry Craik (1910)
"(From The Defence of poesy.) THE HONOUR OF poesy So that sith the ever praise-worthy
poesy, is full of virtue-breeding delightfulness, and void of no gift ..."
2. English Prose: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers and by Henry Craik (1916)
"(From The Defence of poesy'.) THE HONOUR OF poesy SO that sith the ever praise-worthy
poesy, is full of virtue-breeding delightfulness, and void of no gift ..."
3. Trouvères and Troubadours: A Popular Treatise by Pierre Aubry (1914)
"COURTLY poesy The foregoing compositions are for the most part anonymous; ...
In these hundreds of poems, which constitute the courtly poesy of medieval ..."
4. The Humbler Poets: A Collection of Newspaper and Periodical Verse, 1870 to 1885 by Slason Thompson (1886)
"PART I. anfc AN INVOCATION TO poesy. Friend of my manhood ! delight of my youth !
Roamer with me over valley and wildwood, STAY with me, poesy ! playmate of ..."
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