If you need an old-fashioned way to talk about poetry or the art of writing poems, use poesy. You can tell your English teacher you prefer poesy to prose, especially if you're partial to short, rhyming poems. Back in the 14th century, this word was a common way to refer to the craft of writing verse.
How do you use poesy in a sentence?
Short & Simple Example Sentence For Poesy | Poesy Sentence
- Beside this bird of awful poesy stood a gray goose of very ordinary aspect.
- The flowers of poesy are sweet, but poverty is a barren soil, my child.
- Tis worse--add grief to care, And Poesy fares worse.
Is poesy a word?
noun, plural po·e·sies. the work or the art of poetic composition.
