Wiktionary
n. (context music English) A piece of symphonic music which, like a poem, has a narrative or descriptive theme
WordNet
n. an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales [syn: symphonic poem]
Usage examples of "tone poem".
The room filled with a Japanese tone poem, which seemed to float in the air like a strand of pearls.
The kitchen wireless was blaring out Dame Enid's latest tone poem.
He is smoldering with rage because of the damnation of his tone poem, _Jetting The Stuff Of Future Hells_, and the camera is the extra fuel needed to make him blaze up uncontrollably.
The resulting tone poem has driven tougher people than the Field Inspector to depart the premises at high speed, even before they saw Lex's legs.
The red, white, and blue color scheme was like a tone poem to Americana.