As you may have noticed, above you will find words for "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. Jerome McGann described the ur-poem as a work "whose existence is the Idea that can be abstracted out of all concrete and written texts which have ever existed or which ever will exist".". Hover the mouse over the word you'd like to know more about to view its definition. Click to find a better fitting word. Finally, thanks to ChatGPT, the overall results have been greatly improved.