Poetry

literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.

"he felt a desire to investigate through poetry the subjects of pain and death"

• a quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems.

  "poetry and fire are nicely balanced in the music"

• something regarded as comparable to poetry in its beauty.

  "the music department is housed in a building which is pure poetry"