Poetry vs Nonfiction - What's the difference?
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The class of literature comprising poems.
Composition in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns.
A poet's literary production
A 'poetical' quality, artistic and/or artfull, which appeals or stirs the imagination, in any medium
Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.
As nouns the difference between poetry and nonfiction
is that poetry is the class of literature comprising poems while nonfiction is written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.poetry
English
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* (archaic )Noun
(en-noun)- That 'Swan Lake' choreography is poetry''' in motion, fitting the musical ' poetry of Tchaikovski's divine score well beyond the literary inspiration