ecopoetry

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noun

Poetry with a strong ecological message or emphasis.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounecopoetry (usually uncountable, plural ecopoetries)

plural ecopoetries

  1. uncountableusuallyPoetry with a strong ecological message or emphasis.

    The best ecopoetry, in Bate's view, is not overtly political, let alone propagandistic.

    2002, Julian Wolfreys, Introducing criticism at the 21st century
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    Ecopoetry is not synonymous with writing that is pragmatically green: a manifesto for ecological correctness will not be poetic because its language is bound to be instrumental, to address questions of doing rather than to 'present' the experience of dwelling.

    2000, Jonathan Bate, The song of the Earth

Origin

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APA

ecopoetry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecopoetry

MLA

“ecopoetry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecopoetry. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ecopoetry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecopoetry.

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