poetry
n. uncountablen. writing that uses beautiful or rhythmic language to share feelings and ideas. It often uses short lines and sometimes words that rhyme.
n. literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm. Often contrasted with prose for its structural reliance on line breaks and metrical patterns.
She loves reading poetry before she goes to sleep.
The teacher asked the students to write a piece of poetry about their favorite childhood memory.
While some readers prefer the clear narrative of a novel, others find that poetry captures the fleeting nuances of human emotion with a precision that prose cannot match.
From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from Medieval Latin poētria, from poēta (“poet”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet; author; maker”). Displaced native Old English lēoþcræft.
Uncountable when referring to the art form or a collection of poems; 'poem' is the countable equivalent for a single piece of work.
I wrote three poetries today.I wrote three poems today.Poetry is uncountable and refers to the genre or a mass of work; use 'poem' when counting individual pieces.