Definitions for poem

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poem po·em

Spelling: [poh-uh m]

IPA: /ˈpoʊ əm/

Poem is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in poem (emop).

Definitions for poem

noun

1. a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
2. composition that, though not in verse, is characterized by great beauty of language or expression:
3. something having qualities that are suggestive of or likened to those of poetry:

Origin of poem

1540-50; Latin poēma Greek poíēma poem, something made, equivalent to poiē-, variant stem of poieîn to make + -ma suffix denoting result

Examples for poem

Uneeb Khan asked in his poem about his quest for answers following the death of his non-Muslim friend.

You include a story about a poem, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, really affecting you in your formative years.

At last in desperation you embody it in a poem, an essay, a story.

His wife followed his example, composing this poem as she died.

As might be anticipated, the poem is in the heroic measure of Pope.

Distraught, she wrote her poem on the subway on the way to the event.

How much of your family was able to see you read your poem at the inauguration?

Each word, from aa to za, gets its own two-page spread with a poem and a pic.

The poem is in four cantos, the first of which is the best, and the most characteristic of the author.

According to Rogers, who claims to have suggested the poem, it was to have been inscribed to him.