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Type Words
Synonyms verse form
Type of literary work, literary composition
Has types alcaic verse, ballad, ballade, blank verse, elegy, epic, epic poem, epos, free verse, haiku, heroic poem, lament, lay, versicle, alcaic, lyric, lyric poem, rhyme, rondeau, rondel, sonnet, tanka, terza rima, vers libre, verse, abecedarius

Examples of poem

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Each student selected a poem of their choice to analyze and recite to the class.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Not every poem hits home, but the ones that do make you glad you got out of bed.
From the post-gazette.com
Hunt rambled, recited a poem or two in tribute and then went back to the blonde.
From the nzherald.co.nz
I will leave the last words to G K Chesterton, who sums up the poem brilliantly.
From the theepochtimes.com
To write an uplifting poem that doesn't strike a false note is a huge challenge.
From the theepochtimes.com
Tim Minchin's nine-minute beat poem rant has been released as an animated movie.
From the guardian.co.uk
I came to believe I was using them arbitrarily, to make a poem look like a poem.
From the theatlantic.com
To talk over a poem with him is like getting you to put a sentence into dialect.
From the theatlantic.com
The poem included a divining rod, butterflies and a lush description of my lips.
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
  • (poet) a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
  • (poetic) of or relating to poetry; "poetic works"; "a poetic romance"
  • (poetic) characterized by romantic imagery; "Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic"
  • Poetry (from the Latin poeta, a poet) is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. ...
  • Poem is an album released by Canadian industrial/electronic music group Delerium in 2000 (see 2000 in music).
  • "Poem" is a song by nu metal band Taproot and the lead single from their second major label album, Welcome. It was released in 2002 and met with the highest success of any Taproot single, reaching #5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks. ...
  • (Poems) Different types of poems are cinquain, limerick, diamante, haiku, personification, or free verse. This is an alphabetical list of popular poems.
  • (Poems (Agatha Christie)) Poems is the second of two collections of poetry by crime writer Agatha Christie, the first being The Road of Dreams in January 1925. It was published in October 1973 at the same time as the novel Postern of Fate, the final work she ever wrote.