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Meanings of write poetry in English

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Usage of write poetry in English
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Just as little does one write poetry in order to demonstrate something.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
2
They recalled the good old days when Overbrook used to write poetry.
Babbitt
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He thought deeply about life and liked to paint and write poetry.
The Irish Times
4
Indeed, I did not know that you could write poetry at all.
From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin
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He sang pleasantly, drew confidently, could write poetry, and acted remarkably well.
Liza; Or, "A Nest of Nobles"
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And what a lot of them write poetry, and such poetry too!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-10-06
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And he does nothing but stay in pensions and write poetry.
Of Human Bondage
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To write poetry after Auschwitz, as Adorno famously said, is barbaric.
The Irish Times
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Furthermore, I cannot dance or write poetry or entertain a company at dinner.
Quicksilver
10
He finds it very difficult to write poetry in the 1920s.
The Guardian
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Young people write poetry and get sentimental: so do old people.
Mushrooms on the Moor
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Here he neglected his studies to write poetry and journalistic articles.
Short-Stories
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I am not a sentimentalist-ifI were I should attempt to write poetry.
The Colossus: A Novel
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Then he had a friend, and began to write poetry, and be proud.
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 6
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For instance, some of you perhaps think you can write poetry.
The Ethics of the Dust
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She could not write poetry like Susan, or paint like Lydia.
The Mating of Lydia
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Write poetry through the time
Write poetry across language varieties
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