poetry
 
poetry
 (pōʹĭ-trē) noun
Abbr. poet.
1.
	The art or work of a poet. 
2.
	a. Poems regarded as forming a division of literature. b. The poetic works of a given author, group, nation, or kind.
3.	A piece of literature written in meter; verse. 
4.	Prose that resembles a poem in some respect, as in form or sound. 
5.	The essence or characteristic quality of a poem. 
6.	The quality of a poem, as possessed by an object, act, or experience: the poetry of the dance movements. 
 
[Middle English poetrie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin poētria, from Latin poēta, poet. See 
poet.]