Poem Definition–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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musical composition for orchestra inspired by an extra-musical idea, story, or "program," to which the title typically refers or alludes. The characteristic single-movement symphonic poem evolved ...
found poem
a poem consisting of words found in a nonpoetic context (such as a product label) and usually broken into lines that convey a verse rhythm. Both the term and the concept are modeled on the objet ...
prose poem
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abstract poem
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pattern poetry
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Milton, John
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Baudelaire, Charles
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Shakespeare, William
Shakespeare seems to have wanted to be a poet as much as he sought to succeed in the theatre. His plays are wonderfully and poetically written, often in blank verse. And when he experienced a pause ...
Milton, John
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Related topics from Ask NewsFirst edition of Yeats poem auctioned in Ireland
First edition of Yeats poem auctioned in Ireland
THE POEM WHICH PROVES FRANK MARSHALL IS OBAMA'S BIOLOGICAL FATHER
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS - Found Oct. 20, 2008
LUTHERAN SURREALISM: Obama's Adolescent Poem The following poem has been published in the Guardian. It's by Barack Obama.
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Rare edition of Yeats poem on sale
Open Day and Nothing but The Poem
The List - Found Oct. 16, 2008
There's also a Nothing but The Poem taster session in the evening, which is a poetry reading group led by Julie Johnstone.
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Halloween Poem About the Good Ol Days
Associated Content - Found Oct. 15, 2008
A Halloween Poem for past years' All Hallows' EveSkeletons will dance while witches cast magicI fear for all, as it will be a scene quite
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Who will write the United States' next great poem?
Rabble.ca - Found Oct. 24, 2008
... to the American people a sense of their own power and they respond with a willingness to write a new narrative, a new poem, for their country.
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Central students pen poem about their school
InOttawa.com - Found Oct. 23, 2008
... once housed at Central School, but now displaced to Shepherd Middle School due to flood damage, recently completed a poem about their school.
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Byzantium at the Royal Academy - review
Telegraph - Found 3 hours ago
W?B Yeats's image in his poem Sailing to Byzantium of a mechanical bird of hammered gold set upon a golden bough to keep a drowsy emperor...
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Thanks to Hassenfeld, playground has boundless appeal for children
Providence Journal - Found 34 minutes ago
Hassenfeld then spoke, reading a poem he said he altered a bit, about playing games and believing in pixie dust and building castles in...
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