plural poesies
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: poetic inspiration
Examples of poesy in a Sentence
in olden days young gentlemen were expected to be proficient in the art of poesy
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Expect to use up multiple pens on this novel in verse, an elegiac meditation on poesy and religion.
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Katie Ward Beim-Esche, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s feline poesy ends its Broadway revival.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
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Katie Ward Beim-Esche, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s feline poesy ends its Broadway revival.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
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“Poesy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poesy. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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