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How to pronounce poetry in American English

“poetry” pronunciation by American speakers

Listen to poetry the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.

“poetry” in real sentences — American speakers

422 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. Music, poetry, representations

    The Obama White House

  2. to include all manner of activities such as step contests, poetry slams or poetry readings, 5K

    State Department

  3. terms of poetry verse in a book of uh paintings and poetry that I have in

    NSF

Words that sound like “poetry”

Words one sound away from poetry — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.

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.

Nearby words

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