poem

C1816
concept

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.

All labels observed (131)

Label Occurrences
poem canonical 1,357
narrative poem 191
satirical poem 38

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: poem
Generated description
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.

Instances (1,699)

Instance Via concept surface
Ancestral Photograph
The Diviner
The Early Purges
The Forge
At a Potato Digging
Scaffolding
Storm on the Island
The Plantation
The Folk Singers
Twice Shy
Valediction
Personal Helicon
Bye-Child
Shoreline
The Wool Trade
Land
surface form: Land (poem)
The Other Side
The Last Mummer
The Backward Look
A Northern Hoard
The Seed Cutters
Requiem for the Croppies
Westering
The Derry People
The Woollen Industry
“North” (title poem)
surface form: North (title poem)
“Journal of an Airman”
surface form: Journal of an Airman
prose poem
Law Like Love
As I Walked Out One Evening
Refugee Blues
The Unknown Citizen
Spain 1937
The History of Truth
The More Loving One
Dichtung und Wahrheit
Thanksgiving for a Habitat
The Cave of Making
A Bad Night
The Common Life
The Aliens
The Song of the Master and Boatswain
New Year Letter
Notes to New Year Letter
poem "August, 1968"
surface form: August, 1968
poem "Partition"
surface form: Partition (poem)
poem "Moon Landing"
surface form: Moon Landing
poem "River Profile"
surface form: River Profile
poem "The Sabbath"
surface form: The Sabbath
Stop all the clocks
Jayadeva
surface form: Gita Govinda