poem
noun
[ ˈpəʊɪm ]
• a piece of writing in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by particular attention to diction (sometimes involving rhyme), rhythm, and imagery.
• "the sun is an important symbol in this poem"
Similar:
verse,
song,
rhyme,
piece of poetry,
verse composition,
metrical composition,
verselet,
Origin:
late 15th century: from French poème or Latin poema, from Greek poēma, early variant of poiēma ‘fiction, poem’, from poiein ‘create’.
