poem

po-em · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A piece of writing in which the words are arranged in separate lines, often with a rhyme, and expressing thoughts and emotions.

  2. 2.

    Something regarded as having qualities like those of a poem.

Forms

plural: poems

Related words

Antonyms: prose
See also: poet, poetry, rhyme, verse
Synonyms: lyric, rhyme, sonnet, verse

Etymology

From French poeme, from Latin poema, from Greek poiema ("fiction, poetical work"), from poiein ("to make, create").