poetries
- 1Plural of poetry.
The anthology brought together the poetries of three continents in one volume.
Critics often contrast the lyric poetries of distinct national traditions.
Note
A plural that exists only because poetry usually works as a mass noun, the way music or literature does. It turns countable when a writer means distinct traditions or kinds of verse: the poetries of three continents, rival lyric poetries. For separate pieces, the ordinary count word is poems. A book holds many poems, but a culture, or a comparison of cultures, may hold several poetries.
poetries is a form of poetry
poetry, noun: Literature written in verse, or language that pays close, deliberate attention to rhythm and sound patterns. Full entry
- Forms
- poetrypoetries plural
- Spelling
- poetry → poetries: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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