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1. (n.) poem
a composition in verse, esp. one characterized by a highly developed form and the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an imaginative interpretation of the subject.
2. poem
something having qualities that are suggestive of or likened to those of poetry.
Etymology: (1540–50; < L poēma < Gk poíēma poem, something made =poiē-, var. s. of poieîn to make +-ma resultative n. suffix)
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1. (noun) poem, verse form
a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
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1. (noun) poem
a piece of literary writing with a special rhythm and often words that rhyme
a love poem
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1. (noun) poem
a metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton
2. (noun) poem
a composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian
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Sense: a piece of writing arranged in lines which usually have a regular rhythm and often rhyme.
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 Afrikaans: gedig |
 Arabic: قَصيدَه |
 Bulgarian: стихотворение |
 Brazilian: poema |
 Czech: báseň |
 German: das Gedicht |
 Danish: digt |
 Greek: ποίημα |
 Spanish: poema |
 Estonian: luuletus |
 Farsi: شعر |
 Finnish: runo |
 French: poème |
 Hebrew: שִׁיר |
 Hindi: कविता |
 Croatian: pjesma (začitanje, ne za |
 Hungarian: vers |
 Indonesian: puisi |
 Icelandic: ljóð |
 Italian: poesia, poema |
 Japanese: 詩 |
 Korean: 시(詩) |
 Lithuanian: eilėraštis, poema |
 Latvian: dzejolis; poēma |
 Malay: puisi |
 Dutch: gedicht |
 Norwegian: dikt |
 Polish: wiersz |
 Persian: شعر |
 Pashto: شعر |
 Portuguese: poema |
 Romanian: poem |
 Russian: стихотворение |
 Slovak: báseň |
 Slovenian: pesem |
 Serbian: pesma |
 Swedish: dikt, poem |
 Thai: บทกวี |
 Turkish: şiir |
 Taiwanese: 詩 |
 Ukrainian: поема |
 Urdu: نظم |
 Vietnamese: bài thơ |
 Chinese: 诗 |
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