— poetryless , adj.
/poh"i tree/ , n.
1. the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
2. literary work in metrical form; verse.
3. prose with poetic qualities.
4. poetic qualities however manifested: the poetry of simple acts and things.
5. poetic spirit or feeling: The pianist played the prelude with poetry.
6. something suggestive of or likened to poetry: the pure poetry of a beautiful view on a clear day.
[ 1350-1400; ME poetrie poetria poetic art, deriv. of poeta POET, but formation is unclear; prob. not poiétria poetess ]
Syn. 2. POETRY, VERSE agree in referring to the work of a poet. The difference between POETRY and VERSE is usually the difference between substance and form. POETRY is lofty thought or impassioned feeling expressed in imaginative words: Elizabethan poetry. VERSE is any expression in words which simply conforms to accepted metrical rules and structure: the differences between prose and verse.
Ant. 2. prose.