Ur-poem Definition

noun
A poem that is believed to be a precursor or prototype to a more modern class of poetry. The term most usually references a hypothetical 'mother poem' of a genre. Jerome McGann described the ur-poem as a work "whose existence is the Idea that can be abstracted out of all concrete and written texts which have ever existed or which ever will exist".
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Ur-poem

Noun

Singular:
ur-poem
Plural:
ur-poems

Origin of Ur-poem

  • From ur- (“primordial”) +‎ poem.

    From Wiktionary

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to ur-poem using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

ur-poem