poem
Other forms: poems
A poem is written by composing lines of metrical feet (those are like beats or counts of syllables), arranged rhythmically. If you're looking to impress your crush, try penning a poem.
Poetry is literature in metrical form, and a poem is what we call a piece of poetry. There are so many different kinds of poems it's almost impossible to define, but usually poems are written in short lines, and sometimes don't have too many lines. What counts in a poem is distilling something down, and finding the right words. If someone tells you that your Tweets are like little poems, then you must be a lovely writer.
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a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical linessynonyms: verse formtypes:abecedariusa poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular orderAlcaic, Alcaic verseverse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeusballadea poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoyblank verseunrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)haikuan epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short linesrondeau, rondela French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzassonneta verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme schemetankaa form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllablesterza rimaa verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.versiclea short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregationvillanellea poem comprised of five tercets and a quatrain and in which the first and third lines of the first tercet repeat as alternating end lines in subsequent stanzassestinaa poem comprised of six sestets and a final tercet and in which the end words of each line recur in each stanza in rotating orderepigrama short, witty, and often satirical poem focusing on a single topic or observationclerihewa witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous personlimericka humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabbaroundelEnglish form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and thirdrondeleta shorter form of rondeauchanson de gesteOld French epic poemsrhapsodyan epic poem adapted for recitationItalian sonnet, Petrarchan sonneta sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcdElizabethan sonnet, English sonnet, Shakespearean sonneta sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef ggSpenserian sonneta sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd eeodea lyric poem with complex stanza formssursum corda(Roman Catholic Church) a Latin versicle meaning `lift up your hearts'heroic, heroic meter, heroic versea verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameterEddaeither of two distinct works in Old Icelandic dating from the late 13th century and consisting of 34 mythological and heroic ballads composed between 800 and 1200; the primary source for Scandinavian mythologytype of:
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If you want to be well-versed in poetry, review this vocabulary list. Learn about parts of a poem, genres of poetry, literary devices, rhyme and meter, and more. This list is truly poetry in motion!
If you want to be well-versed in poetry, review this vocabulary list. Learn about parts of a poem, genres of poetry, literary devices, rhyme and meter, and more. This list is truly poetry in motion!
Whether you prefer poetry or prose, you'll want to review these terms related to reading literature. This comprehensive vocabulary list covers text structure, literary devices and figures of speech, genre, tone and mood, point of view, and much more. We know every trick in the book!