poem

[po·em]

A poem is written by composing lines of metrical feet (those are like beats or counts of syllables), arranged rhythmically. If you're looking to impress your crush, try penning a poem.

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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.

Noun
a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines


n.
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.

n.
A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian.


Poem

Po"em , n. [L. po'89ma, Gr. , fr. to make, to compose, to write, especially in verse: cf. F. po'89me.] 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.

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.

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Usage Examples

A picture is a poem without words.

But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.

A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does not have.

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

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Other Usage Examples

Every single soul is a poem.

A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances.

A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.

A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense.

However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.

Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.

A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does.

An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive.

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

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