Literary composition (4)
'literary composition' is the definition.
(poem is a kind of literary composition)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for poem that I've seen before include "Ode" , "Verse form" , "Literary composition, sometimes in verse" , "Mope (anag.)" , "Mope about in verse" .)
'literary composition' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for essay that I've seen before include "Try; short written work" , "Short literary piece: attempt" , "Short formal piece of writing" , "What may be written in exam" , "Scholarly work" .)