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poetry

/ˈpoʊətɹi/

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Keep the opening “oh” separate from the next vowel.

In POH-uh-tree, the first syllable carries the main stress. Keep the middle vowel light before t-r, then finish with an ee vowel.

3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1

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She reads poetry before bed.

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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

What does poetry mean?

noun

  1. Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
  2. A poet's literary production.
  3. (figuratively) An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpoʊətɹi/

Pronunciation used in the listening tip.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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“That last line is much too long for the poetry,” she added, almost out loud, forgetting that Humpty Dumpty would hear her.
Lewis CarrollThrough the Looking-GlassProject Gutenberg ebook #12
If Emmeline Grangerford could make poetry like that before she was fourteen, there ain’t no telling what she could a done by-and-by.
Mark TwainAdventures of Huckleberry FinnProject Gutenberg ebook #76
More book examples (3)
His residence was handsomely furnished, containing among other things a good library, especially rich in poetry, a piano, and some choice engravings.
VariousThe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial IssueProject Gutenberg ebook #206
The literature cited in them is mostly range literature, although precious little in all the songs rises to the status of poetry.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
In this was well brought out that characteristic of Hebrew poetry to which it owes so much of its peculiar charm--its parallelism.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505