What Is Poetry?

This article is an outline of poetry.

Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.

Poetry is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities, in addition to, or instead of, its apparent meaning.

Poetry is the poetic expression of the universe’s hidden beauty and symmetry, and the heart-ravishing, smiling view of existence by sensitive, inspired souls. Among them are those whose hearts have become ink-pots and whose ink is the breath of the Holy Spirit. — M. Fethullah Gulen

Main articles Poetry Outline of Poetry Poetry From A Humble Perspective Quotes About Poetry History History of poetry Literary theory Poetry and Wisdom Religions in poetry Christian Poetry Islamic Poetry Qawwali Sufi Poetry Masnavi Rumi Quotes Indian Epic Poetry the Ramayana the Mahabharata Elements of poetry Main article: Meter (poetry) Accents Caesura Couplets Diction Elision Foot Intonation Meter Mora Prosody Rhyme Rhythm Scansion Stanza Syllable Types of poetry Common poetic forms Epic Poetry Sonnet Shi (in Poetry) Jintishi Villanelle Waka (in Poetry) Tanka Ode Ghazal Haiku Free verse

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Poems

By Subjects Christmas Poems Friendship Poems

By Authors B. Said Nursi’s Poems Benjamin Franklin Poems Poems by Rumi M. Fethullah Gulen’s Poems Maya Angelou’s Poems Mother Teresa Poems The Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam

Famous Poems

A Friend Named Adversity A Ray From The Manifestation of The Divine Name The All-Wise Be Thankful Bird Parliament Broken Plectrum Colour Do Not Go Gently Into That Goodnight Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep Fall Fill My Cup Lord Go After Your Dreams God And Man God Saw God Saw You Getting Tired His Existence and Unity Homesickness I Believe… I Thought If If Tears Could Build A Stairway In The Bright Climate of Belief Just Do Your Best

Life Without Friendship Mary (Poem) Never Worn Out Proof of Divine Unity Song of Love Tall Trees Tears The Comfort of Friends The Desiderata The Door Half-Opened Through Death The Dream The Horizon of The Spirit The Joy Of A Garden The Pure Path The Road Not Taken The Rose of My Heart There Is Another Sky They Are Not Dead To Help You Two Tables Were Imparted To My Heart Two Wolves When I Must Leave You When You Thought I Wasn’t Looking Young Man

Famous Poets

Carl Sandburg Khalil Gibran Omar Khayyam

M. Fethullah Gulen Mevlânâ Celâleddin Mehmed Rumi

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi Rumi William Shakespeare