noun
a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
• Syn: ↑poem
• Hypernyms: ↑literary composition, ↑literary work
• Hyponyms:
↑abecedarius, ↑Alcaic, ↑Alcaic verse, ↑ballad, ↑lay, ↑ballade, ↑blank verse, ↑elegy, ↑lament, ↑epic poem, ↑heroic poem, ↑epic, ↑epos, ↑free verse, ↑vers libre, ↑haiku, ↑lyric, ↑lyric poem, ↑rondeau, ↑rondel, ↑sonnet, ↑tanka, ↑terza rima, ↑verse, ↑rhyme, ↑versicle
• Part Meronyms:
↑line of poetry, ↑line of verse, ↑canto, ↑verse, ↑verse line, ↑stanza, ↑poetic rhythm, ↑rhythmic pattern, ↑prosody, ↑rhyme, ↑rime
Useful english dictionary. 2012.