Definitions of poem

1. a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

2. 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.

3. A composition in verse, marked by beauty of thought and language; a piece of poetry; any imaginative piece of writing in beautiful language.

4. A composition in verse.

5. A lofty or beautiful composition in verse.

6. A composition in blank verse or rhyme; the literary production of a poet.