poem

C1816
concept

A poem is a structured or free-form composition that uses rhythm, sound, imagery, and condensed language to evoke emotions, convey ideas, or tell a story.

All labels observed (131)

Label Occurrences
poem canonical 1,357
narrative poem 191
satirical poem 38

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: poem
Generated description
A poem is a structured or free-form composition that uses rhythm, sound, imagery, and condensed language to evoke emotions, convey ideas, or tell a story.

Instances (1,699)

Instance Via concept surface
The Mosquito
Bare Fig-Trees
Snake (poem)
linked to: Snake
Humming-bird
Halfway Down
King John's Christmas
Sneezles
The Friend
The Engineer
Us Two
The Heathen Chinee
Humāy o Humāyūn narrative poem
Renascence
The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
The Mad Yak
The Whole Mess ... Almost
Champs d’Honneur
Riparto d’Assalto
Lady Geraldine’s Courtship narrative poem
A Drama of Exile dramatic poem
The Dead Pan
The Cry of the Human
The Romaunt of the Page narrative poem
The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point
To Sir Toby
The Heads of the Town up to the Aether
The North Atlantic Turbine
The Death of Cock Robin
Beyond the Alps
To Speak of Woe That Is in Marriage
Skunk Hour
linked to: “Skunk Hour”
Memories of West Street and Lepke
Waking in the Blue
Sailing Home from Rapallo
My Last Afternoon with Uncle Devereux Winslow
Commander Lowell
Terminal Days at Beverly Farms
Home After Three Months Away
A Mad Negro Soldier Confined at Munich
In the Ward
linked to: “In the Ward”
A Drinker
linked to: “A Drinker”
The Old Flame
linked to: “The Old Flame”
The Neo-Classical Urn
The Public Garden
Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow
Gunslinger long-form poem
Hello, La Jolla
Wanting to Die
The Addict