poem
a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,799 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,921 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines also: verse form
poem in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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This law cut the poem, to a relative shortness and defined its dignity and clearness.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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Although based upon Juvenal's tenth Satire, it is so free a paraphrase as to be an original poem.
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two · Samuel Johnson · Chapter 1
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We have tried to transfer, not all the truth about the poem, but the historical truth, into English.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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It was not based on the poem by Fitz-Greene Halleck, but, for its colour and plot, Bunce went direct to history.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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The poem puts his merry pranks to the front and prepares the way for science to give him a true analysis.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1