po·em (p   m)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 po  ma, from Greek poima, from poiein, to create; see kwei-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
poem [ˈpəʊɪm]
n
1. (Literature / Poetry) a composition in verse, usually characterized by concentrated and heightened language in which words are chosen for their sound and suggestive power as well as for their sense, and using such techniques as metre, rhyme, and alliteration
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a literary composition that is not in verse but exhibits the intensity of imagination and language common to it a prose poem
3. anything resembling a poem in beauty, effect, etc.
[from Latin poēma, from Greek, variant of poiēma something composed, created, from poiein to make]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  poem - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical linesline of poetry, line of verse - a single line of words in a poem literary composition, literary work - imaginative or creative writing abecedarius - a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order Alcaic, Alcaic verse - verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus ballade - a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy blank verse - unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) free verse, vers libre - unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern haiku - an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines lyric poem, lyric - a short poem of songlike quality rondel, rondeau - a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas sonnet - a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme tanka - a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables terza rima - a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc. canto - a major division of a long poem verse line, verse - a line of metrical text versicle - a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation stanza - a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem |
poem
Translations
poem [ˈpəʊɪm] N (short) → poesía f; (long, narrative) → poema m
Lorca's poems → las poesías de Lorca, la obra poética de Lorca
Lorca's poems → las poesías de Lorca, la obra poética de Lorca
n poem [ˈpouim]
a piece of writing arranged in lines which usually have a regular rhythm and often rhyme. gedig قَصيدَه стихотворение báseň digt das Gedicht ποίημα poema luuletus شعر runo poème שִׁיר कविता pjesma (za čitanje,ne za pjevanje) vers puisi ljóð poesia, poema 詩 시(詩) eilėraštis, poema dzejolis; poēma puisi gedicht dikt wiersz poema poem стихотворение báseň pesem pesma dikt, poem บทกวี şiir 詩 поема نظم bài thơ 诗
poem → قصيدة báseň digt Gedicht ποίημα poema runo poème pjesma poesia 詩 시 gedicht dikt wiersz poema поэма dikt บทกวี şiir bài thơ 诗
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