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poëm

poëm is the alternative spelling of poem.

Meaning of poem

Noun

poem (plural poems)

  1. A literary piece written in verse.
    • Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.2013 July-August, Sarah Glaz, “Ode to Prime Numbers”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4
    Synonyms:
    song
  2. A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.
  3. A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.

Forms of poëm

pluralpoëms

Questions about poëm

What is poëm the alternative spelling of?
Poëm is the alternative spelling of poem.

Words near poëm in the dictionary

  1. poë
  2. poë bird
  3. poë birds
  4. poë-bird
  5. poë-birds
  6. poëm
  7. poëme
  8. poëmes
  9. poëms
  10. poës
  11. poësy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poëm (page history and authors); poem (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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