How to pronounce poetry
Listen to poetry in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“poetry” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 88 American · 104 British · 17 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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ticed poetry and witnessed poetry.
British Library · hear it here
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poetry now, machines that can write poetry."
British Library · hear it here
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Poetry, no one really reads poetry nowadays.
Big Think · hear it here
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of the things that you >> poetry >> the poetry >> poetry the um and I
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of poetry. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.