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Poem

Poem Meaning & Definition
Poem Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Poem?

[n] a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

Synonyms | Synonyms for Poem: verse form

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See Also | abecedarius | Alcaic | Alcaic verse | ballad | ballade | blank verse | canto | elegy | epic | epic poem | epos | free verse | haiku | lament | lay | line of poetry | line of verse | literary composition | literary work | lyric | lyric poem | poetic rhythm | prosody | rhyme | rhythmic pattern | rime | rondeau | rondel | sonnet | stanza | tanka | terza rima | vers libre | verse | verse line | versicle

Poem In Webster's Dictionary

\Po"em\, n. [L. po["e]ma, Gr. ?, fr. ? to make, to compose, to write, especially in verse: cf. F. po["e]me.] 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.

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