poem

noun
/ˈpəʊ.ɪm/UK/ˈpoʊ.əm/US/ˈpoː.ɪm/CA/ˈpɔʊ(ə)m/

Etymology

From Middle French poème, from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”). widely Displaced native English leed.

  1. derived from ποίημα
  2. derived from poēma
  3. derived from poème

Definitions

  1. A literary piece written in verse.

  2. A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.

  3. A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or…

    A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at poem. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at poem. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at poem

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA