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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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

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