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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

- or surface-level meanings. Any particular instance of poetry is called a poem and is written by a poet. Poets use a variety of techniques called poetic...
- "Boots" is a poem by English author and poet Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). It was first published in 1903, in his collection The Five Nations. "Boots" imagines...
- An epistolary poem, also called a verse letter or letter poem, is a poem in the form of an epistle or letter. Epistolary poems date at least as early as...
- "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...
- 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...
- at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? “The Second Coming” is a poem written by Irish poet William Butler Yeats in 1919, first printed in The...
- English Wikisource has original text related to this article: End Poem (full text) The end credits of the video game Minecraft include a written work by...
- related to this article: Rune poems Icelandic Wikisource has an Icelandic rune poem: Íslenska rúnakvæðið Rune poems are poems that list the letters of runic...
- The death poem is a genre of poetry that developed in the literary traditions of the Sinosphere—most prominently in ****an as well as certain periods of...
- "Mandalay" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, written and published in 1890, and first collected in Barrack-Room Ballads, and Other Verses in 1892. The poem is set...