. "Esp., a composition in verse , a poem; poetry , verse , song , whether in a broader sense, of every kind of poetic production , epic, dramatic, lyric (opp. to prose and to cantus, the melody), or, in a more restricted sense, for lyric poetry." . "Esp., a composition in verse , a poem; poetry , verse , song , whether in a broader sense, of every kind of poetic production , epic, dramatic, lyric (opp. to prose and to cantus, the melody), or, in a more restricted sense, for lyric poetry." . .