Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PO'ET-RY, n. [Gr. ποιητρια.]

1. Metrical composition; verse; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry.
2. The art or practice of composing in verse. He excels in poetry.
3. Poems; poetical composition. We take pleasure in reading poetry.
4. This term is also applied to the language of excited imagination and feeling.