poem

po·em

P0397200 (pō′əm)n.1. A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its sound and suggestive power and by the use of literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme.2. A composition in verse rather than in prose: wrote both prose and poems.3. A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of language more characteristic of poetry than of prose.

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[French poème, from Old French, from Latin poēma, from Greek poiēma, from poiein, to create; see k^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

poem

(ˈpəʊɪm) n1. (Poetry) a composition in verse, usually characterized by concentrated and heightened language in which words are chosen for their sound and suggestive power as well as for their sense, and using such techniques as metre, rhyme, and alliteration2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a literary composition that is not in verse but exhibits the intensity of imagination and language common to it: a prose poem. 3. anything resembling a poem in beauty, effect, etc[C16: from Latin poēma, from Greek, variant of poiēma something composed, created, from poiein to make]

po•em

(ˈpoʊ əm)

n. 1. a composition in verse, esp. one characterized by a highly developed form and the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an imaginative interpretation of the subject. 2. something having qualities that are suggestive of or likened to those of poetry. [1540–50; < Latin poēma < Greek poíēma poem, something made =poiē-, variant s. of poieîn to make + -ma resultative n. suffix]

Thesaurus

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poem - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical linesverse formline of poetry, line of verse - a single line of words in a poemliterary composition, literary work - imaginative or creative writingabecedarius - a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular orderAlcaic, Alcaic verse - verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeusballad, lay - a narrative poem of popular originballade - a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoyblank verse - unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)elegy, lament - a mournful poem; a lament for the deadepic, epic poem, heroic poem, epos - a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deedsfree verse, vers libre - unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical patternhaiku - an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lineslyric poem, lyric - a short poem of songlike qualityrondel, 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 stanzassonnet - a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme schemetanka - a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllablesterza rima - a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.rhyme, verse - a piece of poetrycanto - a major division of a long poemverse line, verse - a line of metrical textversicle - a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregationstanza - a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poempoetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody - (prosody) a system of versificationrhyme, rime - correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

poem

noun verse, song, lyric, rhyme, sonnet, ode, verse composition a tender autobiographical poem set to musicQuotations
"A poem should not mean"
"but be" [Archibald McLeish Ars Poetica]

poem

noun1. A poetic work or poetic works:poesy, poetry, rhyme, verse.2. Something likened to poetry, as in form or style:lyricism, poetry.

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poem

(ˈpouim) noun a piece of writing arranged in lines which usually have a regular rhythm and often rhyme. 詩 诗

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