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Definitions for: Poem
[n] a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: verse form
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
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