poem in verse

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• poem — Synonyms and related words: English sonnet, Horatian ode, Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, Pindaric ode, Sapphic ode, Shakespearean sonnet, alba, anacreontic, article, autograph, balada, ballad, ballade, brainchild, bucolic, canso, chanson,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• verse, stanza — Verse is a term of several meanings, only one of which is fully accurate: one line of a poem. The word verse comes from a Latin term meaning a turning and is correctly applied to the way in which one line of a poem turns into a new line. Verse is …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• verse — [və:s US və:rs] n [Date: 900 1000; : Old French; Origin: vers, from Latin versus turning, verse , from vertere to turn ] 1.) a set of lines that forms one part of a song, poem, or a book such as the Bible or the Koran ▪ Let s sing the last verse… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Poem — Po em, n. [L. po[ e]ma, Gr. ?, fr. ? to make, to compose, to write, especially in verse: cf. F. po[ e]me.] 1. A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• verse — 1 Verse, stanza both mean a unit of metrical writing. Verse is both wider and more varied in its popular usage since it can denote a single line of such writing, such writing as a class, or, along with stanza, a group of lines forming a division… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• poem — [n] highly expressive, rhythmical literary piece ballad, beat, blank verse, composition, creation, epic, free verse, haiku, limerick, lines, lyric, ode, poesy, poetry, quatrain, rhyme, rime, rune, sestina, song, sonnet, verse, villanelle, words,… …   New thesaurus

• verse — [vʉrs] n. [ME vers < OE fers & OFr vers, both < L versus, a turning, verse, line, row, pp. of vertere, to turn < IE * wert , to turn < base * wer > WARP, WORM, WARDS] 1. a sequence of words arranged metrically in accordance with… …   English World dictionary

• poem — [pō′əm] n. [MFr poeme < L poema < Gr poiēma, anything made, poem < poiein, to make < IE base * kwei , to heap up, build, make > Sans cinōti, (he) arranges, OSlav činiti, to arrange, form] 1. an arrangement of words written or… …   English World dictionary

• verse — [ vɜrs ] noun ** 1. ) count a group of words or sentences that form one section of a poem or song: The first three verses are about her childhood. Philip sang the first verse and then everyone joined in. a ) a small group of sentences in the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• poem — ► NOUN ▪ a literary composition in verse, typically concerned with the expression of feelings or imaginative description. ORIGIN Grek po ma, variant of poi ma fiction, poem , from poiein create …   English terms dictionary

• verse — can mean (1) poetical composition in general (She writes verse as well as prose), (2) a line of poetry, (3) a section of a poem also called a stanza, and (4) each of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible …   Modern English usage