poem

po·em

noun \ˈpō-əm, -im, ˈpōm also ˈpȯ(-)im, ˈpō-ˌem\

Definition of POEM

1

: a composition in verse

2

: something suggesting a poem (as in expressiveness, lyricism, or formal grace) <the house we stayed in … was itself a poem — H. J. Laski>

Examples of POEM

1. He wrote a poem about his parents.
2. <your assignment is to write two poems about springtime>

Origin of POEM

Middle French poeme, from Latin poema, from Greek poiēma, from poiein

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to POEM

Synonyms

lyric, rune, song, verse

Related Words

rhyme (also rime); ballad, lay; anacreontic, clerihew, dithyramb, eclogue, elegy, English sonnet, epic, epigram, epode, epopee, epos, georgic, idyll (also idyl), jingle, lament, limerick, madrigal, ode, pastoral, pastorale, psalm, rondeau, rondel (or rondelle), rondelet, sonnet, triolet, villanelle; haiku, senryu, tanka; blank verse, free verse, minstrelsy, poesy, poetry, versification, vers libre

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with POEM

ad rem, ahem, AM, Arnhem, Belém, bluestem, brain stem, condemn, contemn, FM, GM, idem, in rem, item, main stem, mayhem, Menem, millieme, modem, problem, pro tem, proem, Shechem