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- Poem - n. - 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.
- Poem - n. - A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian.
- Poematic - a. - Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical.
- Monody - n. - A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.
- Epilogue - n. - A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.
- Prologue - n. - The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;" esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance
- Epigram - n. - A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character.
- Decastich - n. - A poem consisting of ten lines.
- Rhapsody - n. - A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a division of the Iliad or the Odyssey; -- called also a book.
- Partheniad - n. - A poem in honor of a virgin.
- Mahabharatam - n. - A celebrated epic poem of the Hindoos. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India.
- Dithyramb - n. - A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain.
- What - pron., a., & adv. - As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons or things; as, what is this? what did you say? what poem is this? what child is lost?
- Thebaid - n. - A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Boeotia.
- L'envoy - n. - One or more detached verses at the end of a literary composition, serving to convey the moral, or to address the poem to a particular person; -- orig. employed in old French poetry.
- Spenserian - a. - Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faerie Queene."
- Sonnet - n. - A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule.
- Proposition - n. - The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
- Messiad - n. - A German epic poem on the Messiah, by Klopstock.
- Composition - n. - The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music.
- Elegy - n. - A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.
- Telestich - n. - A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic.
- Aeneid - n. - The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Aeneas.
- Acrostic - n. - A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.
- Ditty - v. t. - A song; a lay; a little poem intended to be sung.
- Pastoral - n. - A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.
- Quatorzain - n. - A poem of fourteen lines; a sonnet.
- Odyssey - n. - An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy.
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- H4912 מָשָׁל - 4912 מָשָׁל - מָשָׁל - - mâshâl - maw-shawl' - apparently from מָשַׁל in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse); byword, like, parable, proverb. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H4905 מַשְׂכִּיל - 4905 מַשְׂכִּיל - מַשְׂכִּיל - - maskîyl - mas-keel' - from שָׂכַל; instructive, i.e. a didactic poem; Maschil. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H4639 מַעֲשֶׂה - 4639 מַעֲשֶׂה - מַעֲשֶׂה - - maʻăseh - mah-as-eh' - from עָשָׂה; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property; act, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H4385 מִכְתָּב - 4385 מִכְתָּב - מִכְתָּב - - miktâb - mik-tawb' - from כָּתַב; a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem); writing. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H4387 מִכְתָּם - 4387 מִכְתָּם - מִכְתָּם - - miktâm - mik-tawm' - from כָּתַם; an engraving, i.e. (techn.) a poem; Michtam. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H4210 מִזְמוֹר - 4210 מִזְמוֹר - מִזְמוֹר - - mizmôwr - miz-more' - from זָמַר; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes; psalm. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H5058 נְגִינָה - 5058 נְגִינָה - נְגִינָה - - nᵉgîynâh - neg-ee-naw' - or נְגִינַת; (Psalm 61:title), from נָגַן; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigram; stringed instrument, musick, Neginoth (plural), song. - Noun Feminine - heb
- H7692 שִׁגָּיוֹן - 7692 שִׁגָּיוֹן - שִׁגָּיוֹן - - shiggâyôwn - shig-gaw-yone' - or שִׁגָּיֹנָה; from שָׁגָה; properly, aberration, i.e. (technically) a dithyramb or rambling poem; Shiggaion, Shigionoth. - Proper Name Masculine - heb