Poem vs Carol - What's the difference?
poem | carol |
A literary piece written in verse.
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, title= 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.
(historical) A round dance accompanied by singing.
A song of joy.
* Dryden
* 1908 ,
A religious song or ballad of joy.
* Keble
* Longfellow
To sing in a joyful manner.
* Spenser
* Beattie
To sing carols, especially Christmas carols in a group.
To praise or celebrate in song.
* Milton
To sing (a song) cheerfully.
* Prior
As a verb poem
is .As a proper noun carol is
, popular in the middle of the 20th century or carol can be .poem
English
Alternative forms
* (rare or archaic) * poeme (rare or archaic)Noun
(en noun)Sarah Glaz
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.}}
Derived terms
* echo poem * prose poem * shape poem * visual poemHolonyms
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* ----carol
English
Noun
(en noun)- the costly feast, the carol , and the dance
- The sunshine struck hot on his fur, soft breezes caressed his heated brow, and after the seclusion of the cellarage he had lived in so long the carol of happy birds fell on his dulled hearing almost like a shout.
- They sang a Christmas carol .
- In the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
- I heard the bells on Christmas Day / Their old, familiar carol play.
Verb
- carol of love's high praise
- The gray linnets carol from the hill.
- The shepherds at their festivals / Carol her goodness.
- Hovering swans carol sounds harmonious.
