Words similar to poetry

Example sentences for: poetry

How can you use “poetry” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But one day Jack admitted to himself that he didn't give a damn about art or poetry, that Howard got on his nerves, and that anyway he'd fallen out of love with Judy.
And I think you are right that his own self-conscious displays of erudition (which include his very mediocre poetry) lead him to evaluations of Reagan that are both condescending and politically naive.
Sometimes Hugo welcomed adaptations of his writings, and as for children, he wrote a volume of poetry, L'Art d'être grand-père , devoted largely to the topic of children's play.
Vladimir Mayakovsky was out to reinvent poetry, Vsevelod Meyerhold theater, Vladimir Tatlin the monument, Dziga Vertov cinema, Viktor Shklovsky and Sergei Tretiakov prose literature, while Rodchenko's domain comprised advertising, illustration, graphic design, stage design, photography, and a few other things besides.
The reason for bringing up this bit of history is to introduce four terms with which some readers may be unfamiliar and which reflect to some small degree the poetry that once lurked in the hearts of linguists educated in literature as well as linguistics.