how to pronounce poetry

/ˈpoʊətɹiː/

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the above transcription of poetry is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

poetry is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of poetry in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and I read some poetry the children of …”

meaning of poetry

Poetry is a form of literature that uses language to evoke images or ideas in the mind of the reader.

poetry frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word poetry occurs in english on average 41.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics poetry can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that poetry can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;