n. [ L. poëma, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to make, to compose, to write, especially in verse: cf. F. poëme. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian. [ 1913 Webster ]
[わき, waki](n) (1) armpit; under one's arm; side; flank; (2) (also written as 傍, 側) beside; close to; near; by; (3) aside; to the side; away; out of the way; (4) off-track; off-topic; (5) (usu. written ワキ in Noh) deuteragonist; supporting role; (6) (abbr) (See 脇句) second verse (in a linked series of poems); (P)#5679[Add to Longdo]
[たけ(P);たき(ok), take (P); taki (ok)](n) (1) height; stature; (2) length; measure; (3) all (one has); everything; (4) magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.); (P)#6675[Add to Longdo]
[りつ, ritsu](n) (1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) { Buddh } vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbr) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbr) (See 律詩) lushi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律, 呂) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbr) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to#6911[Add to Longdo]