poem

A poem is a structured or free-form composition that uses rhythm, sound, imagery, and condensed language to evoke emotions, convey ideas, or tell a story.

Observed surface forms (30)

• narrative poem ×18
• modernist poem ×4
• alliterative poem ×3
• anti-war poem ×2
• poetic text ×2
• satirical poem ×2
• Afrikaans narrative poem ×1
• Afrikaans poem ×1
• Christmas poem ×1
• Dutch poem ×1

• Scots-language poem ×1
• acrostic poem ×1
• debate poem ×1
• dramatic poem ×1
• dream vision poem ×1
• free verse poem ×1
• genealogical poem ×1
• ghazal ×1
• historical poem ×1
• lament psalm ×1
• lamentation poem ×1
• meditative poem ×1
• memoir-in-verse ×1
• moral poem ×1
• pastoral poem ×1
• pastoral poem sequence ×1
• poem title ×1
• poetic cycle ×1
• prose poetry book ×1
• war poetry ×1

Instances (117)

• Piers Plowman via concept surface "dream vision poem"
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
• The Owl and the Nightingale via concept surface "debate poem"
• La Espero
• Ludwigslied via concept surface "historical poem"
• Childe Harold's Pilgrimage via concept surface "narrative poem"
• Don Juan via concept surface "narrative poem"
• She Walks in Beauty
• The Giaour via concept surface "narrative poem"
• The Corsair via concept surface "narrative poem"
• Tarantula via concept surface "prose poetry book"
• The Waste Land
• Hesiodic Catalogue of Women via concept surface "genealogical poem"
• Four Quartets via concept surface "modernist poem"
• Ash-Wednesday
• The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
• The Hollow Men
• Bustan
• Psalm 119 via concept surface "acrostic poem"
• Kubla Khan
• Song of Moses
• Blessing of Moses via concept surface "poetic text"
• ghazal Melayu via concept surface "ghazal"
  surface form: Ghazal Melayu
• The Song of Hiawatha via concept surface "narrative poem"
• The Courtship of Miles Standish via concept surface "narrative poem"
• The Village Blacksmith
• A Psalm of Life
• The Wreck of the Hesperus
• The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy
• Evangeline via concept surface "narrative poem"
• Let America Be America Again via concept surface "poem title"
• Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London
• The Shepherd's Week via concept surface "pastoral poem sequence"
• Homer's Odyssey
• "Paul Revere's Ride"
  surface form: Paul Revere's Ride
• Winternag via concept surface "Afrikaans poem"
• The Blessed Damozel
• Manfred via concept surface "dramatic poem"
• La Justice
• Dulce et Decorum Est
• Strange Meeting
• Futility
• Exposure
• Disabled
• World War I poetry via concept surface "war poetry"
• Clement Clarke Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
  surface form: A Visit from St. Nicholas
• Anthem for Doomed Youth
• Hatikvah
  surface form: Tikvateinu
• The Raven
• The Bells