poem

Noun

Meaning

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.

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 dictionary

Synonyms

sonnet song ode elegy composition poetry verse epic rhyme ballad lyric verse form rhapsody epos rime
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Antonyms

information education writing formal explanation exhibition
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Hypernyms

literary composition literary work

Hyponyms

epos sonnet ballade rondeau elegy tanka

Related terms

poet poetics poetry poetic

Phrases with the word

funeral poem the love poem homeric poem christmas card poem the poem of poems end rhyme in a poem

Anagrams

mope pome

Examples

Abdullah Dougan says the work is deeply esoteric and "if you approach the quatrains with that in mind, the poem will have a tremendous impact on you as you try to understand it." Source: Internet

Accordingly, Bott concludes that the poem was an attempt to expand Valiente's couplet into a full Wiccan credo, written by someone who misunderstood the archaic language they attempted to imitate. Source: Internet

Abraham Akkerman preceded his article on human automatism in the contemporary city with a short satirical poem on a pair of golems turning human. citation Published also as Paper CTS-04-06 by the Center for Theoretical Study, Prague. Source: Internet

Abraham Cowley 's poem "A Legend of Coca" : in chapter I An introduction to the history of coca, pp. 25-27. Source: Internet

Accompanied by a solo trombone while the harmony switches to H(sus), the Narrator recites a prayer-like poem to the sun god. Source: Internet

According to Jerome McGann the poem is like a salvation story. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

poee Poehler Poellnitz poem for the funeral poem of love poem-based