hieroglyphic vs poetry

hieroglyphic

noun
  • A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus 

  • Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol. 

  • Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph. 

adj
  • difficult to decipher 

  • of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols 

poetry

noun
  • Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm. 

  • A poet's literary production. 

  • An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality. 

How often have the words hieroglyphic and poetry occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )