poetry

OAB Definition

the use of condensed language that is purposefully chosen for its sound qualities and to evoke emotion and ideas. Poetry often uses formal features or constraints including meter, rhyme, line length and placement, metaphor, allusion, imagery, etc. A poem may be a written or oral composition.

ABT Definition

Compositions characterized by condensed language chosen for sound, typographic, and/or suggestive impact as well as meaning. 

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