Definition of Poem. Meaning of Poem. Synonyms of Poem

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Definition of Poem

Poem
Poem 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.

Meaning of Poem from wikipedia

- meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning. A poem is a literary composition, written by a poet, using this principle. Poetry...
- Poem of the River is the seventh album by English alternative rock band Felt, released in 1987. All songs written by Lawrence. Felt Lawrence – vocals,...
- Carl Solomon", is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1954–1955 and published in his 1956 collection Howl and Other Poems. The poem is dedicated to Carl...
- "Ulysses" is a poem in blank verse by the Victorian poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), written in 1833 and published in 1842 in his well-received...
- A diamante poem, or diamond poem, is a style of poetry that is made up of seven lines. The text forms the shape of a diamond (◊). The form was developed...
- Similar poems that do not adhere to these rules are generally classified as senryū. Haiku originated as an opening part of a larger ****anese poem called...
- An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with...
- help. "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality...
- "The Rhyming Poem", also written as "The Riming Poem", is a poem of 87 lines found in the Exeter Book, a tenth-century collection of Old English poetry...
- Examiner of London. The poem was included the following year in S****ey's collection Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems, and in a posthumous...