Rhetoric vs Poetry - What's the difference?
rhetoric | poetry |
The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.
Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.
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
As nouns the difference between rhetoric and poetry
is that rhetoric is the art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade while poetry is the class of literature comprising poems.As an adjective rhetoric
is synonym of lang=en.rhetoric
English
(wikipedia rhetoric)Alternative forms
* rhetorick (obsolete)Adjective
Noun
- It’s only so much rhetoric .
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "rhetoric": political, legal, visual, classical, ancient, violent, empty, inflammatory, hateful, heated, fiery, vitriolic, angry, overheated, extreme.Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* rhetorical * rhetoricianSee also
* preterition *Anagrams
*poetry
English
(wikipedia poetry)Alternative forms
* (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
