poem, verse form
(noun) a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• poetry
• 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
17 November 2024
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
