Horses' gums recede with age, leading to longer teeth. A common way to inspect a horse's worth is to check it's mouth, hence the phrase. Receiving a horse as a gift and immediately inspecting its value was considered offensive, much like inquiring about the worth of a present today is rude.
Poetry is the first major literary genre. All types of poetry share specific characteristics. In fact, poetry is a form of text that follows a meter and rhythm with each lines and syllables. It is further subdivided into different genres such an epic poem, narrative, romantic, dramatic, and lyric.
1 British English: genre A genre is a particular type of literature, painting, music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics. 2  NOUN...his love of films and novels in the horror genre.ranslations for 'genre'. 1  British English: genre A genre is a particular type of literature, painting, music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics.