poemnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpəʊ.ɪm/us/ˈpoʊ.əm/B1 a piece of writing in which the words are arranged in separate lines, often ending in rhyme, and are chosen for their sound and for the images and ideas they suggest:
a book of love poems
The poet recited some of her recent poems.
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- His collected poems were published in 1928.
- My father can still recite the poems he learned off by heart at school.
- He gave an inspirational reading of his own poems.
- He composed this poem for his wife.
- He gave a beautiful recitation of some poems by Blake.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Literature
- alliteration
- antihero
- arch-villain
- baddy
- ballad
- bard
- dramatist
- epigram
- hero
- heroine
- iambic
- ingénue
- limerick
- pantomime
- prose poem
- prosody
- psalm
- quatrain
- revue
- stylistics
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