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poem
(noun)/ˈpəʊɪm/ /ˈpəʊəm/
a piece of writing in which the words are chosen for their sound and the images they suggest, not just for their obvious meanings. The words are arranged in separate lines, usually with a repeated rhythm, and often the lines rhyme at the end.
His collected poems were published after the war.
a prose/an epic poem
Extra Examples
He dedicated the poem to his mother.
In his autobiographical poem ‘The Prelude’, Wordsworth describes his boyhood in the Lakes.
She read the poem aloud.
a poem about cultural differences
a sentimental love poem
Word Origin
late 15th cent.: from French poème or Latin poema, from Greek poēma, early variant of poiēma ‘fiction, poem’, from poiein ‘create’.
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