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Poetry - (An exposition of the research process)

I used to dabble a bit in poetry writing, and thinking about it I wonder why I stopped. The deeper question is, perhaps, is writing poetry or poetry writing?


Depending on ones views, you can make some inferences, though they are just that, guesses as to what a person's character is, based on their answer to the question above. Without actually having meaningful conversation in person (and even better is to converse a few times), it is often extremely difficult to gauge in any way character. I would think?All this is very vague, if you get what I mean (do you?).
 
But back to the original question, I think poetry is a form of writing, well defined (or is it)? If we look at examples of "good" poetry, it's typically a more condensed form of writing than the essay or short article (or is this again a misconception?). A question arises, is a blurb poetry? A gazette? When in doubt, refer to some definitions. So I looked up the following definitions in Merriam Webster and Oxford English Dictionaries. We need to believe and agree to believe in some codified definitions otherwise none of this or language what make any sense.

Seems pretty well defined to me...except on closer inspection, in both definitions, the word or letters "poet__" appear a few times. Can you define poetry as the productions of a poet (and a poet defined as one who writes poetry)? Closer comparison of the two dictionaries shows that to best understand what is poetry we need to have poem defined, and poem when defined seems pretty clear (OED:"A piece of writing in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by particular attention to diction (sometimes involving rhyme), rhythm, and imagery" or Merriam-Webster:"a composition in verse").

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poetry

po·​et·​ry | \ ˈpō-ə-trē,
-i-trē also ˈpȯ(-)i-trē\


Definition of poetry

1a : metrical writing : verse
b : the productions of a poet : poems

2 : writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm
3a : something likened to poetry especially in beauty of expression
b : poetic quality or aspect the poetry of dance

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poetry

noun

mass noun
  • 1Literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.
    ‘he felt a desire to investigate through poetry the subjects of pain and death’
    ‘she glanced at the papers and saw some lines of poetry’
    ‘he is chiefly famous for his love poetry’
  1. 1.1 A quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems.
    ‘poetry and fire are nicely balanced in the music

  • 1.2 Something regarded as comparable to poetry in its beauty.
    ‘the music department is housed in a building which is pure poetry’

  • Origin

    Late Middle English: from medieval Latin poetria, from Latin poeta ‘poet’. In early use the word sometimes referred to creative literature in general.

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    So, my question, is this poemtry?


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