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Canticle vs Poem - What's the difference?

canticle | poem |

As a noun canticle

is a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text.

As a verb poem is

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canticle

English

Noun

(wikipedia canticle) (en noun)
  • a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text

    • Usage notes

    * The Psalms are not considered to be canticles

    poem

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (rare or archaic) * poeme (rare or archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A literary piece written in verse.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Sarah Glaz
    • , title= Ode to Prime Numbers , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Some poems , echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.}}
  • A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.
  • A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.

    • Derived terms

    * echo poem * prose poem * shape poem * visual poem

    Related terms

    * poet * poetic * poetics

    Holonyms

    * poetry

    External links

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    Anagrams

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