Poem Definition

pōəm

poems

noun

poems

An arrangement of words written or spoken: traditionally a rhythmical composition, sometimes rhymed, expressing experiences, ideas, or emotions in a style more concentrated, imaginative, and powerful than that of ordinary speech or prose: some poems are in meter, some in free verse.

Webster's New World

Anything suggesting a poem in its effect.

Webster's New World

A composition in verse rather than in prose.

Wrote both prose and poems.

American Heritage

A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of language more characteristic of poetry than of prose.

American Heritage

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prose

Other Word Forms of Poem

Noun

Singular:

poem

Plural:

poems, poms

Origin of Poem

French poème from Old French from Latin poēma from Greek poiēma from poiein to create kwei-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin poÄ“ma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poiÄ“ma), from ποιέω (poiÄ“o, “I make").

From Wiktionary