poem

[ˈpoʊəm]

Definition:
1. A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.

Use 'poem' in a sentence:

1. The students were asked to interpret the poem.
2. Who is Alice's poem about?
3. You can recite the poem, can't you?
4. The natural images in the poem are meant to be suggestive of realities beyond themselves.
5. Each child had to recite a poem to the class.
6. The poem has been set to music.
7. In this poem Fitch plays with words which sound alike.
8. Many of these poems bear witness to his years spent in India and China.
9. The poem contrasts youth and age.
10. Poems which had seemed dull and boring suddenly came to life.
11. She read a poem by Carver which describes their life together.
12. This poem comes from his new book.
13. The authorship of the poem is unknown.
14. He read a poem entitled 'Salt'.
15. "The Whipping Block" has never been published, but it's supposed to be a really good poem.
16. The poem was all the rage then.
17. I cringe when I think of the poems I wrote then.
18. We were taught how to criticize poems.
19. He sees the poem as a celebration of human love.
20. She can recite the whole poem from memory.
21. Perhaps all his poems were really love poems, expressive of love for someone.
22. At my brother's high school graduation the students recited a poem.
23. She cites a favourite poem by George Herbert.
24. In the poem he laments the destruction of the countryside.
25. He can recite that poem from memory.
26. He can recite the poem fluently.
27. He recited the whole poem in one breath.
28. The poem recalls Eliot's 'The Waste Land'.
29. The students debated the aesthetic of the poems.
30. The poem encapsulates many of the central themes of her writing.
31. It is mere surmise that Bosch had Brant's poem in mind when doing this painting.
32. He recited the whole poem without making a single slip.
33. To write and publish this poem was a daring, transgressive act.
34. The poet's anger finds expression in the last verse of the poem.
35. The teacher helped them tease out the meaning of the poem.
36. The poem is too long to quote in its entirety.
37. The poem conveys his deep reverence for nature.
38. The poem uses simple language.
39. She wrote him several poems.
40. I prefer poems that rhyme.
41. The poem humorously describes local characters and traditions.
42. There are, of course, deeper meanings in the poem.
43. He read the poem aloud.
44. I read her poems in manuscript.
45. His poems were published under the title of 'Love and Reason'.
46. I copied out several poems.
47. A photo, a book of poems and a gold ring ─ this was the sum total of his possessions.
48. These poems reveal her gentle side.
49. She wrote poems in praise of freedom.