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.