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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
Applicants for the casting call were asked to send a 30-second video of themselves reading a poem or short story that is not from Harry Potter, as well as a second video speaking about themselves.
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
The council told people that children would only receive candy if their phrase involved a song, a poem, a stunt or a musical number.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Having Conceição Evaristo’s poem and a phrase from it in the title, in this sense, as a call to action.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Paradoxically the poem invites us to dwell in that vast sonic space that is the silence of poetry and the worlds that emanate from there.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
The council told people that children would only receive candy if their phrase involved a song, a poem, a stunt or a musical number.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Having Conceição Evaristo’s poem and a phrase from it in the title, in this sense, as a call to action.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Paradoxically the poem invites us to dwell in that vast sonic space that is the silence of poetry and the worlds that emanate from there.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poem
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There’s that earworm refrain, followed by formidably declarative verses, a powder keg of a chorus and a high-concept bridge.Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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At the time, many future hip-hop icons were executing their verses in a simplified, nursery rhyme style.Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Prosecutors plan to admit Melly's lyrics into evidence for his retrial.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Original material began to emerge — songs that were melodic and oblique in equal measure, with arpeggiated guitar hooks and Stipe’s lyrics drifting in and out of focus.Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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After the song, Love blew out the candle on the cake that the Combs kids were sharing in their father's honor.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The greatest of the prayer songs is the Lord’s Prayer.Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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People who spend the day after a date writing sonnets in their Notes app.Olivia Petter, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
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According to Open Source Shakespeare, a web page containing all of the bard’s plays, poems and sonnets, there are 884,421 words in the entire works of Shakespeare.David Hodari, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Poem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poem. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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