po|em

po|em «POH uhm», noun.

1. any composition in verse; arrangement of words in lines usually with a regularly repeated accent and often with rhyme. Poems are often highly imaginative or emotional, designed to express or convey deep feelings and thoughts.

2. a composition showing great beauty or nobility of language or thought: »

a prose poem.

3. something beautiful often likened to a poem: »

a tone poem, a face that is a poem.

╂[< Old French poeme, learned borrowing from Latin poēma < Greek póēma, variant of poíēma < poeîn, variant of poieîn to make, compose]