ポエムpoemu

Common
Definitions
  1. nounpoem
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym詩しNeutralThe standard, neutral word for poems, also covering Chinese-style 「漢詩」; usable anywhere, as in 「詩を書く」. 「ポエム」 is a loanword that in casual speech can sound teasing.
  • Synonym韻文いんぶんWrittenA written/formal term for verse — text that rhymes or has a fixed rhythm — contrasted with 「散文」; chiefly a genre-classification term.
  • Antonym散文さんぶんNeutralProse: free-form writing not bound by rhyme or meter; in textual form it is the opposite of poetry, and so of 「ポエム」.

For poems in general, 「詩」 is the default. 「ポエム」 also covers poems or writing full of poetic feeling, and in casual speech can mock mawkish text, as in 「ポエムみたいな社訓」. Use 「韻文」 for verse as a literary category and 「散文」 for prose, its opposite.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 詩し、詩篇しへん。また、詩情しじょうにあふれた文章ぶんしょう。
  2. 詩曲しきょく。
  3. 内容ないようが空疎くうそで、ときに意味いみ不明ふめいな美辞麗句びじれいく。
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