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Definition of Poem
1. Noun. A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.
Exact synonyms: Verse Form
Terms within: Line Of Poetry, Line Of Verse, Canto, Verse, Verse Line, Stanza, Poetic Rhythm, Prosody, Rhythmic Pattern, Rhyme, Rime
Generic synonyms: Literary Composition, Literary Work
Specialized synonyms: Abecedarius, Alcaic, Alcaic Verse, Ballad, Lay, Ballade, Blank Verse, Elegy, Lament, Epic, Epic Poem, Epos, Heroic Poem, Free Verse, Vers Libre, Haiku, Lyric, Lyric Poem, Rondeau, Rondel, Sonnet, Tanka, Terza Rima, Rhyme, Verse, Versicle
Terms within: Line Of Poetry, Line Of Verse, Canto, Verse, Verse Line, Stanza, Poetic Rhythm, Prosody, Rhythmic Pattern, Rhyme, Rime
Generic synonyms: Literary Composition, Literary Work
Specialized synonyms: Abecedarius, Alcaic, Alcaic Verse, Ballad, Lay, Ballade, Blank Verse, Elegy, Lament, Epic, Epic Poem, Epos, Heroic Poem, Free Verse, Vers Libre, Haiku, Lyric, Lyric Poem, Rondeau, Rondel, Sonnet, Tanka, Terza Rima, Rhyme, Verse, Versicle
Definition of Poem
1. n. 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.
Definition of Poem
1. a composition in verse [n -S]