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Poetry

/pˈoʊətri/
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(noun) Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.

Wine is poetry in bottles.
Only if a foreigner has read much English poetry can he understand Shakespeare.
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She turned to ____ as a way of processing her grief after the loss of her closest friend.

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