Collocations for "poem"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "poem" in context.
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poem
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [lyric, prose, free, rhyming, prose] poems
- a [haunting, dramatic, romantic, traditional, nature] poem
- [wrote, gave] a love poem (for, to)
- [write, compose, submit, understand, publish, pen] a poem
- [enjoy, like, hate] reading poems
- poems that (do not) rhyme
- a poem about [love, hate, jealousy, fear]
- a poem for [children, schoolchildren, teenagers, teens]
- a poem by [Tennyson]
- a book of poems [by, for]
'poem' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
chunk
- construe
- especially
- explanation
- interpretation
- learn
- love
- lyrics
- phrase
- pound
- refrain
- rhyme
- tone
- write