poetry - literature in metrical formepos - a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme lyric - write lyrics for (a song) relyric - write new lyrics for (a song) tag - supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes metrify - compose in poetic meter; "The bard metrified his poems very precisely" scan - conform to a metrical pattern lyric - of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry" sweet, sweetly - in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other" |