POEM

poem, verse form

(noun) a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

poem (plural poems)

A literary piece written in verse.

A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.

A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.

Holonyms

• poetry

Anagrams

• mope, pome

Source: Wiktionary


Po"em, n. Etym: [L. poëma, Gr. poëme.]

1. A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton.

2. A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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