Po·em
n.
1. A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its sound and suggestive power and by the use of literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme
2. A composition in verse rather than in prose
3. A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of language more characteristic of poetry than of prose
4. A creation, object, or experience having beauty suggestive of poetry
(French poème, from Old French, from Latin poma, from Greek poima, from poiein, to create)
n.
1. A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its sound and suggestive power and by the use of literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme
2. A composition in verse rather than in prose
3. A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of language more characteristic of poetry than of prose
4. A creation, object, or experience having beauty suggestive of poetry
(French poème, from Old French, from Latin poma, from Greek poima, from poiein, to create)
