poem

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see also LITERATURE
- a piece of writing usually in short lines, which sometimes rhyme: poem
a poem by Burns about a mouse ◎ a book of poems ◎ a love poem
- poems, seen as a type of literature: poetry (noun U)
I enjoy reading poetry.
- relating to poetry or having the qualities of poetry: poetic
a poetic description of a country scene
- a collection of poems, often by different authors: anthology
an anthology of 20th century Scottish poetry
- writing which is not poetry: prose
- a short and often amusing poem: rhyme
- a short poem for children, like a song: nursery rhyme
- a long song or poem which tells a story: ballad
- a very long poem which tells the story of a hero and his adventures: epic
- a person who writes poems: poet
- to say a poem from memory: recite sth
At the party, Jenny sang a song and John recited a poem.
- a performance when sb reads poems to an audience: poetry reading
- one row of words in a poem: line
A sonnet is a type of poem with fourteen lines.
- a group of lines which form part of a poem: verse
I can't remember the second verse. How does it go?
- a regular repeated pattern of sound used in songs, poems, etc: rhythm (noun C/U)
- the technique of using words which have the same sound as each other, especially at the ends of lines: rhyme (noun U); a word which has the same sound as another word: rhyme; if words have the same sound, they rhyme
an interesting use of rhyme ◎ In this type of poetry, the last two lines usually rhyme.
- writing that is arranged in lines which have a definite rhythm and which often rhyme at the end: verse (noun U)
Molière wrote his plays in verse.
- poetry which does not rhyme: blank verse