Definition of poem Poem
/powˈʌm/ - [powum] - po•em
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What does poem mean?
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| poem - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines | ||
| verse form | ||
| literary composition, literary work imaginative or creative writing | ||
| line of poetry, line of verse a single line of words in a poem | ||
| abecedarius a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order | ||
| alcaic, alcaic verse verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus | ||
| ballad, lay a narrative poem of popular origin | ||
| ballade a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy | ||
| blank verse unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) | ||
| elegy, lament a mournful poem; a lament for the dead | ||
| epic, epic poem, heroic poem, epos a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds | ||
| free verse, vers libre unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern | ||
| haiku an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines | ||
| lyric poem, lyric a short poem of songlike quality | ||
| rondel, rondeau a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas | ||
| sonnet a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme | ||
| tanka a Tibetan religious painting on fabric | ||
| terza rima a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc. | ||
| rhyme, verse correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds) | ||
| canto a major division of a long poem | ||
| verse line, verse a piece of poetry | ||
| versicle a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation | ||
| stanza a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem | ||
| poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody (prosody) a system of versification | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- poem (n.)
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. - poem (n.)
A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian.
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poem
A literary piece written in verse.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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poem
pō′em, n. a composition in verse: a composition of high beauty of thought or language, although not in verse.—adj. Poemat′ic, relating to a poem. [Fr. poème—L. poema—Gr. poiēma, poiein, to make.]
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🔤- poem, noun, singular of poems.
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