| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | poem |
| Synonyms: | ballad, composition, epode, limerick, lyric, poesy, rhyme, song, sonnet, verse |
| Main Entry: | verse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written composition |
| Synonyms: | ballad, epic, jingle, lay, lyric, ode, poem, poesy, poetry, rhyme, rune, song, sonnet, stanza |
| Notes: | technically, a stanza is a succession of lines that form a poem or song, and a verse is either a single line of writing or a series of lines in a song |
| Main Entry: | poesy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | poem |
| Synonyms: | ballad, beat*, blank verse, composition, creation, epic, free verse, haiku, limerick, lines, lyric, ode, poetry, quatrain, rhyme, rime, rune, sestina, song, sonnet, verse, villanelle, words, writing |