ur-poem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A poem that is believed to be a precursor or prototype to a more modern class of poetry; usually a hypothetical 'mother poem' of a genre.

Word forms

ur-poem ur-poems

Etymology

From ur- (“primordial”) + poem.

Related words

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