as in verse
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
your assignment is to write two poems about springtime
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Recent Examples of poem
The Iliad tells the story of the Greeks’ greatest warrior, Achilles, who sulks in his tent for most of the poem before rejoining the fight and turning the tide.
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Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
The new Roni Horn retrospective plays out like a poem at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
At this juncture, the parties must decide which road to take, as in Robert Frost’s famous poem about two roads diverging into the woods.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
That said, Perplexity’s poem, especially in the beginning, reads more like prose than the rest of the poem, which is a little jarring.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
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Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
The new Roni Horn retrospective plays out like a poem at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
At this juncture, the parties must decide which road to take, as in Robert Frost’s famous poem about two roads diverging into the woods.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
That said, Perplexity’s poem, especially in the beginning, reads more like prose than the rest of the poem, which is a little jarring.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poem
Noun
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Then a couple of people wrote the verses, Jasper being one of those people.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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From there, both artists take turns singing the different verses in a sweet back-and-forth of their unmistakable voices.—
Sigal Ratner-Arias,
Billboard,
6 Nov. 2025
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On the way out, as a staffer closed down the merch stand and the lobby bars’ slushy machines quietly hummed, Donegan brought up the lyric about caviar dreams.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Arriaga’s version simultaneously pays graceful homage to Fender’s original, while, like the rest of the songs on the album, Arriaga stamps every lyric and message with his unique artistry and warm, welcoming vocal tone.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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Seconds later, Siwa was back to performing a song about her haters, wearing a homemade jersey bedazzled with her own name.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The song combines love at first sight, drugs, and death.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
25 Oct. 2025
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Seamus Heaney’s sonnets about Northern Ireland in the 1970s and Annie Ernaux’s memoirs of France in the 1960s propose indirect but approachable ways of engaging with personal and national history.—
Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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When women and men speaking Cervantes’ tongue are sent to concentration camps like the South Florida Detention Facility or CECOT, then what use is a sonnet?—
Ed Simon
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Schwartz is the author of thirty books of fiction, essays, and poetry, including her novels Leaving Brooklyn, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Rough Strife, a finalist for the National Book Award.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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There were barrel racers slicing turns like poetry, bull riders gripping for glory, and calf ropers moving with the precision of surgeons.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
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