- 1. n. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian. Source: opted
- 3. n. a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. 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. A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian. Source: webster
- 5. n:100 n. a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines Source: ecdict
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