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Poem vs Saga - What's the difference?

poem | saga |

As nouns the difference between poem and saga

is that poem is a literary piece written in verse while saga is an Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.

As a proper noun Saga is

saga Prefecture - a prefecture in the Western island, Kyushu, Japan.

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

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    Anagrams

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    saga

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
  • Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=David Ornstein, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Blackburn 0-4 Man City , passage=Manchester City put the Carlos Tevez saga behind them with a classy victory at Blackburn that keeps them level on points with leaders Manchester United.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}

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