an ‧ thol ‧ o ‧ gy /ænˈθɒlədʒi $ ænˈθɑː-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural anthologies ) [countable]
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Modern Latin ; Origin: anthologia , from Greek , 'gathering flowers' , from anthos ( ⇨ ↑ anther ) + logia 'collecting' ]
a set of stories, poems, songs etc by different people collected together in one book SYN collection :
an anthology of American literature
—anthologist noun [countable]
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THESAURUS
■ poems
▪ poetry poems in general, or the art of writing them:
He reads a lot of poetry.
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She wrote poetry and children’s stories.
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a poetry book
▪ verse words arranged in the form of poetry:
a book of comic verse
▪ anthology a set of poems by different people collected together in one book:
an anthology of Caribbean poetry