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. [1913 Webster]

2. A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian. [1913 Webster]


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  • poem — ► NOUN ▪ a literary composition in verse, typically concerned with the expression of feelings or imaginative description. ORIGIN Grek po ma, variant of poi ma fiction, poem , from poiein create …   English terms dictionary

  • Poēm — (lat. poëma), Gedicht …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Poem — Poēm (lat. poema), Gedicht …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Poem — нем. [поэм], англ. [по/уим] poema ит. [поэ/ма] поэма …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • poem — (n.) 1540s (replacing POESY (Cf. poesy)), from M.Fr. poème (14c.), from L. poema verse, poetry, from Gk. poema thing made or created, fiction, poetical work, from poein to make or compose (see POET (Cf. poet)) …   Etymology dictionary

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