Donne.
Po"et*ry (?), n. [OF. poeterie. See Poet.] 1. The art of apprehending
and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of
idealizing in thought and in expression.
For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all human knowledge,
human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language.
Coleridge.
2. Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically
or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems
collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric
poetry. "The planetlike music of poetry." Sir P. Sidney.
She taketh most delight In music, instruments, and poetry.
Shak.