Poetry vs. Poem

Poetrynoun

Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.

Poetrynoun

A poet's literary production.

Poetrynoun

(figurative) An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.

Poetrynoun

The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.

Poetrynoun

Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry.

Poetrynoun

literature in metrical form

Poetrynoun

any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling

Poetry

Poetry (derived from the Greek poiesis, ) is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning. Poetry has a long and varied history, evolving differentially across the globe.

Poemnoun

A literary piece written in verse.

Poemnoun

A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.

Poemnoun

A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.

Poemnoun

A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; - contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton.

Poemnoun

A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian.

Poemnoun

a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines