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po⋅em

  [poh-uhm]
–noun
1. a composition in verse, esp. one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
2. composition that, though not in verse, is characterized by great beauty of language or expression: a prose poem from the Scriptures; a symphonic poem.
3. something having qualities that are suggestive of or likened to those of poetry: Marcel, that chicken cacciatore was an absolute poem.
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Origin:
1540–50; < L poēma < Gk poíēma poem, something made, equiv. to poiē-, var. s. of poieîn to make + -ma suffix denoting result
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po·em   (pō'əm)   
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 poēma, from Greek poiēma, from poiein, to create; see kwei-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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poem 
1548 (replacing poesy, q.v.), from M.Fr. poème (14c.), from L. poema "verse, poetry," from Gk. poema "thing made or created, fiction, poetical work," from poein "to make or compose" (see poet).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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