poesy vs genre

poesy and genre both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
poesy	Yes	No	No	No
genre	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, genre is a hypernym of poesy; that is, genre is a word with a broader meaning than poesy:

Other hypernyms of poesy include literary genre, writing style.

poesy (noun)	genre (noun)
literature in metrical form	a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
	a kind of literary or artistic work
	a style of expressing yourself in writing