poem
SayPOH-uhmUS/ˈpoʊ.əm/AUS/ˈpɔʊ(ə)m/UKPOH-im/ˈpəʊ.ɪm/
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- 1A piece of writing arranged in verse, often using rhythm or rhyme.
Like a song without music: the words alone make the beat.
She wrote a poem about the changing seasons.
The teacher read us several poems with a strong beat.
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- 2A piece of writing that belongs to poetry and uses its style.
Like one song that belongs to the wider world of music.
This poem uses simple words but says something deep.
We read famous poems from many countries in class.
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- 3A piece of writing with stronger feeling or beauty than ordinary writing.
Her letter read like a poem, full of feeling.
Grandpa's short story about the war is a real poem, even though it is not written in lines.
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Origin
It came from Latin poēma, which came from Greek poíēma, from a Greek word meaning "I make."