He wrote a poem about his parents.
your assignment is to write two poems about springtime
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearanacreontic, clerihew, dithyramb, eclogue, elegy, English sonnet, epic, epigram, epode, epopee, epos, georgic, idyll (also idyl), jingle, lament, limerick, madrigal, ode, pastoral, pastorale, psalm, rondeau, rondel (or rondelle), rondelet, sonnet, triolet, villanelle;
blank verse, free verse, minstrelsy, poesy, poetry, versification, vers libre;
: a piece of writing that usually has figurative language and that is written in separate lines that often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme
See words that rhyme with poem Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for poem Spanish Central: Translation of poem Nglish: Translation of poem for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of poem for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about poem
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