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Poetry

Form of literatureHistoryAncientMedievalEarly medievalEarly modernRenaissanceMiddle modern 18th19th20thContemporary21stGenresOral literatureFolkloreepicsevocationfablefairy talefolk playfolksongincantationlegendmemoratemythproverburban legendOrationPerformancelyricsspoken wordstorytellingSayingProsePoetryDramaComedyLibrettoMusicalOperaPlayhistoricalmoralSatireScriptTragedyTragicomedyTheory and criticismSociologyMagazinesCompositionLanguageNarrativeComparativeCircleSocietyPost-literate SocietyPeerFeudEstateLost worklacunaWorkshopCircle ListsBooksEpicsfolk-epicsWriterspoetsMovementspoetry groupsCyclesLiterary awardspoetryLost literary worksPoetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings.

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