Timeline for "Poems" or "poetry"
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| Jun 8, 2015 at 12:26 | comment | added | Wayfaring Stranger | Let's not forget Poesy: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poesy | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 7:21 | comment | added | James Waldby - jwpat7 | Re your question, I don't have an example. Re your example, I agree that "a poetry" is a mistake. What I meant by my remark is that "poetry" can be correctly used to refer to part of a poem; for example, a critic could properly say "There are five lines of poetry in this lengthy poem," or "There is no poetry to be found in this poem". | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 6:28 | comment | added | None | @ jwpat7: Would you have an example of poetry used as a countable noun then? I have always seen poetry used as uncountable and thought a sentence like I'm reading a poetry by Keats? would not be acceptable. | |
| Oct 23, 2011 at 17:36 | vote | accept | Melanchthon | ||
| Oct 23, 2011 at 16:23 | comment | added | James Waldby - jwpat7 | Poetry can also be a piece of a poem. | |
| Oct 23, 2011 at 16:08 | history | answered | None | CC BY-SA 3.0 |