poem
/ˈpəʊ.ɪm/US/ˈpoʊ.əm/
poem noun: a literary piece written in verse.
Noun
poem (plural poems)
- 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
- A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.
- A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.
poem meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
poem in Hindi
- literary piece written in verse
- कविता kavitā, पद्य padya, काव्य kāvya
- piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- कविता kavitā
- piece of poetic writing
- कविता kavitā
poem in Tamil
- literary piece written in verse
- பா pā, பாடல் pāṭal, செய்யுள் ceyyuḷ, கவிதை kavitai
- piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- பா pā, பாடல் pāṭal, கவிதை kavitai
- piece of poetic writing
- பா pā, பாடல் pāṭal, கவிதை kavitai
poem in Marathi
- literary piece written in verse
- कविता kavitā, काव्य kāvya
- piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- कविता kavitā
- piece of poetic writing
- कविता kavitā
poem in Urdu
- literary piece written in verse
- نَظْم nazm, شاعِرِی śā'irī, شِعْر śi'r
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- poem in Bengali
- কবিতা kobita, পদ্য poddo
- poem in Telugu
- పద్యము padyamu, కవిత kavita, పద్యం padyaṁ
- poem in Malayalam
- കവിത kavita
- poem in Kannada
- ಪದ್ಯ, ಕವನ, ಕಾವ್ಯ, ಕವಿತೆ
- poem in Punjabi
- ਕਵਿਤਾ kavitā
- poem in Odia
- କବିତା kabitā
- poem in Sanskrit
- काव्य kāvya, कविता kavitā
- poem in Sinhala
- කවිය kawiya
- poem in Assamese
- কবিতা kobita
- poem in Nepali
- कविता
- poem in Pashto
- شعر še'r
- poem in Tagalog
- tula
- poem in Arabic
- قَصِيدَة qaṣīda, شِعْر šiʕr, نَظْم naẓm
- poem in Malay
- puisi, syair
- poem in Indonesian
- syair, pantun, puisi
- poem in Thai
- กลอน glɔɔn, บทกวี bòt-gà-wii
- poem in Vietnamese
- bài thơ, thơ
- poem in Myanmar
- ကဗျာ ka.bya
Examples of poem in a sentence
- This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine.
- Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems.
- He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose.
Synonyms of poem
Forms of poem
| plural | poems |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic, rare) | poëm |
| alternative form (archaic, rare) | poeme |
Origin of poem
From Middle French poème, from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”). Widely displaced English leed.
Words formed from poem
- altar poem
- antipoem
- blackout poem
- concrete poem
- cyberpoem
- diamante poem
- diamond poem
- echo poem
- ecopoem
- epic poem
- erasure poem
- figure poem
- holopoem
- hyperpoem
- metapoem
- micropoem
- mythopoem
- piem
- poemette
- poemless
- poemlet
- poemlike
- prose poem
- rune poem
- shape poem
- slam poem
- story-poem
- symphonic poem
- tone poem
- ur-poem
- visual poem
Questions about poem
- What does poem mean?
- Poem means a literary piece written in verse.
- What is poem in Hindi?
- Poem in Hindi is कविता (kavitā), पद्य (padya), काव्य (kāvya). See Poem meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is poem?
- Poem is a noun.
- How do you pronounce poem?
- Poem is pronounced /ˈpəʊ.ɪm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of poem?
- The plural of poem is poems.
Words near poem in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: poem (page history and authors); poem (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਵਿਤਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); କବିତା (Odia) (page history and authors); poem (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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