poems
Works in verse
Poems is the plural of poem—compositions in verse, typically with attention to rhythm, imagery, and condensed language.
A poem may rhyme or not, follow strict forms or none.
She published a collection of poems.
His poems about war earned critical praise.
The word often appears in titles: Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Metered poetic passage
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- simileComparison via "as"
- imageryVivid descriptive language
alliteration · personification · symbolism · enjambment · rhyme · meter · diction · tone
Fourteen-line metered poem
- haikuJapanese seventeen-syllable verse
- limerickComedic five-line poem
- odeLaudatory verse form
- epicImpressively grand in scope
ballad · elegy · villanelle · tanka · couplet · quatrain · lyric · pastoral
Oral delivery from memory
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- collectionGathered set of items
- chapbookSmall booklet of verse
- verseMetered poetic passage
reading · performance · memorization · interpretation · analysis · explication · annotation · aloud
Arranged elements forming whole
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- revisionAltering to improve
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- creativityCapacity for original thought
workshop · manuscript · submission · publication · laureate · muse · craft · voice
verse
Metered poetic passage
imagery · alliteration · personification · symbolism · enjambment · rhyme · meter · diction · tone · assonance
sonnet
Fourteen-line metered poem
epic · ballad · elegy · villanelle · tanka · couplet · quatrain · lyric · pastoral · acrostic
recitation
Oral delivery from memory
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- collectionGathered set of items
- chapbookSmall booklet of verse
verse · reading · performance · memorization · interpretation · analysis · explication · annotation · aloud · oration
composition
Arranged elements forming whole
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- revisionAltering to improve
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
creativity · workshop · manuscript · submission · publication · laureate · muse · craft · voice · lineation
love
Intense fond attachment
memory · longing · beauty · time · grief · hope · solitude · identity · war · home
meter
Device that measures usage
pentameter · iambs · trochees · dactyls · spondees · scansion · prosody · foot · syllable · stress
- creative worksbooks, autobiography, memoir, novels, diary
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, stories, novels
- poetryverse, verses, rhyme, rhymes, rhythm
- writingsessay, essays, article, articles, stories
- books and reading poetryverse, sonnets, haiku, rhyme, stanzas
- kids writingthank you notes, birthday cards, crayon art, handwriting, scribbles
poemstechnical manuals
Specialized instruction documents
legal documents · contracts · reports · memos · instructions
poemspaintings
Pictures made with pigment
sculptures · photographs · instrumental music · dance · silent film
- waxing poeticSpeaking with heightened eloquence
- love poemRomantic literary composition
- nonsense poetryPlayfully meaningless literary form
- narrative poemStory told in verse
- poetic justiceFitting outcome matching misdeeds
- war poetryVerse about armed conflict
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