poem

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('əm) pronunciation
n.
  1. A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its sound and suggestive power and by the use of literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme.
  2. A composition in verse rather than in prose.
  3. A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of language more characteristic of poetry than of prose.
  4. A creation, object, or experience having beauty suggestive of poetry.

[French poème, from Old French, from Latin poēma, from Greek poiēma, from poiein, to create.]


noun

  1. A poetic work or poetic works: poesy, poetry, rhyme, verse. See words.
  2. Something likened to poetry, as in form or style: lyricism, poetry. See style/good style/bad style, words.


n

Definition: short, suggestive literary piece
Antonyms: prose

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A rhythmic expression of feelings or ideas, often using metaphor, meter and rhyme.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Writing that sometimes rhymes and is characterized by vivid and compressed language.

pronunciation The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word. — Mata Hari (1876-1917)

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Common misspelling(s) of poem

  • peom

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - digt

Nederlands (Dutch)
gedicht

Français (French)
n. - poème

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gedicht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ποίημα

Italiano (Italian)
poesia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - poema (m)

Русский (Russian)
стихотворение, поэма

Español (Spanish)
n. - poema, poesía

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - poem, vers

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 詩

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (한편의) 시, 시적인 문장

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 詩

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قصيدة, شيء جميل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שיר, פואמה‬


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