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Need another word that means the same as “poem”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “poem” in this overview.

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Poem as a Noun
Definitions of "Poem" as a noun
Synonyms of "Poem" as a noun (6 Words)
Usage Examples of "Poem" as a noun
Associations of "Poem" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Poem” are: verse form, verse, song, rhyme, piece of poetry, verse composition

Poem as a Noun

Definitions of "Poem" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “poem” as a noun can have the following definitions:

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.
A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.

Synonyms of "Poem" as a noun (6 Words)

piece of poetry	A serving that has been cut from a larger portion.
rhyme	Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds. Harriet sang Ben little rhymes.
song	A musical composition suggestive of a song. A pop song.
verse	A versicle. We were each required to recite a Bible verse* from memory.*
verse composition	A line of metrical text.
verse form	A line of metrical text.

Usage Examples of "Poem" as a noun

The sun is an important symbol in this poem.
Lyric poems.
A poem in terza rima.

Associations of "Poem" (30 Words)

anthology	A collection of songs or musical compositions issued in one album. An anthology* of European poetry.*
antiphon	A musical setting of an antiphon.
aphorism	A pithy observation which contains a general truth. The debate begins and ends at the level of aphorism* with commentators saying that something must be done.*
assonant	Having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables. Note the assonant* words and syllables in tilting at windmills.*
bard	Shakespeare. Our national bard* Robert Burns.*
cadence	Rhythm. The final cadences of the Prelude.
canto	The highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music. Dante s Divine Comedy has 100 cantos.
couplet	A pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length.
doggerel	Comic verse composed in irregular rhythm. Doggerel verses.
epic	Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic. A Hollywood biblical epic.
epigram	A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. A Wildean epigram.
fiction	A deliberately false or improbable account. The notion of the country being a democracy is a polite fiction.
literature	The humanistic study of a body of literature. Her place in literature* is secure.*
lyric	Write lyrics for a song. A lyric* soprano with a light clear timbre.*
minstrel	A performer in a minstrel show. They listened to the minstrels singing songs of knightly prowess.
missive	A letter, especially a long or official one. Yet another missive* from the Foreign Office.*
ode	A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
poesy	Literature in metrical form. The genius of poesy.
poetic	Written in verse rather than prose. A poetic* drama.*
poetry	Something regarded as comparable to poetry in its beauty. The music department is housed in a building which is pure poetry.
prose	Compose in or convert into prose. Closely typed in best office prose.
quatrain	A stanza of four lines.
rhapsody	(in ancient Greece) an epic poem adapted for recitation. Rhapsodies of praise.
rhyme	Compose rhymes. The clues were written in rhyme.
sentence	Pronounce a sentence on somebody in a court of law. Ten army officers were sentenced to life imprisonment.
sonnet	Praise in a sonnet. He sonneted his hostess now.
stanza	A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
syllable	A character or characters representing a syllable. The word pocket has two syllables.
verse	Compose verses or put into verse. The second verse.
writer	A device that writes data to a storage medium. A writer* of short stories.*