poem (ˈpəʊɪm
)
Definitions
noun
- 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
- a literary composition that is not in verse but exhibits the intensity of imagination and language common to it ⇒
a prose poem
- anything resembling a poem in beauty, effect, etc
Word Origin
C16: from Latin poēma, from Greek, variant of poiēma something composed, created, from poiein to makeQuotations
"A poem should not meanbut be"
Translations
- British English:
poem
A poem is a piece of writing in which the words are chosen for their beauty and sound and are carefully arranged, often in short lines....a book of love poems.ˈpəʊɪm NOUN ...a book of love poems.
- Spanish:
poema
nf
- French:
poème
nm
- German:
Gedicht
nnt
- Chinese: 诗 n
- Arabic: قَصِّيدَة n
- Portuguese: poema nm
- Russian: поэма nf
- Croatian: pjesma nf
- Czech: báseň nf
- Danish: digt nnt
- Dutch: gedicht nnt
- Finnish: runo n
- Greek: ποίημα nnt
- Italian: poesia nf
- Japanese: 詩 n
- Korean: 시 n
- Norwegian: dikt nnt
- Polish: wiersz nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: poema nm
- European Spanish:
poema
nf
- Swedish: dikt nutr
- Thai: บทกวี n
- Turkish: şiir n
- Vietnamese: bài thơ n
Usage examples
Father Harpur showed me his poem about his father afterwards.
, THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)Should some national cultural activity [eg a piece of music, song, poem ] be included at the start or end of the ceremony?
Spiked (2003)I think Hobart Ison should've just been thrown in the slammer... But this was a poem about eastern Kentucky that was beautiful.
Globe and Mail (2003)A personal and political perspective lies within the very first poem , Toomebridge.
Glasgow Herald (2001)A poem is no more than an assertion, a one-way business, a claim made by the poet with no possibility of substantiation.
, THE PAINTER (2003)