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poem (iou)



poem noun. L15.
[Old & mod. French poeme or Latin poema (Plautus) from Greek poema early var. of poiema work, Fiction, poem, from po(i)ein make, create.]
A metrical composition of words expressing facts, thoughts, or feelings in poetical form; a self-contained piece of poetry. L15.
dream-vision poem, epic poem, love poem, narrative poem, praise poem, etc.
G. P. Krapp The poem opens with the conventional epic formula. Y. Winters A poem differs from a work written in prose by virtue of its being composed in verse.
A non-metrical composition of words having some quality or qualities in common with poetry. See also prose-poem s.v. PROSE noun. L16.
fig. A thing (Other than a composition of words) having poetic qualities. M17.
SYMPHONIC poem. tone poem: see TONE noun.
C. Kingsley Our life will be a real poem. R. W. Emerson Names which are poems.
Comb.: poemscape an imaginary world envisaged in a poem.

Mock (medicine)


mock


Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham. "That superior greatness and mock majesty.

<botany> " (Spectator) Mock bishop's weed, a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs (Philadelphus), with showy white flowers in panicled cymes. P. Coronarius, from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless. Mock sun. See Parhelion. Mock turtle soup, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or Other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup. Mock velvet, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See Mockado.

Source: Websters Dictionary