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poems

/poh-uhm/US // ˈpoʊ əm //UK // (ˈpəʊɪm) //

诗词,诗句,诗歌,诗作

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
    • : composition that, though not in verse, is characterized by great beauty of language or expression: a prose poem from the Scriptures; a symphonic poem.
    • : something having qualities that are suggestive of or likened to those of poetry: Marcel, that chicken cacciatore was an absolute poem.

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Examples

  • After reading the poem “The Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall, Curtis was inspired and changed the setting of the story.

  • It found about 1 in 4 high school seniors never read stories or novels and about half never read poems on their own.

  • It can spew poems, short stories, and songs with little prompting, and has been demonstrated to fool people into thinking its outputs were written by a human.

  • The classic Mulan is unthreatening because she returns home to her old life as a good daughter at the end of the poem, but 1998 Mulan is so revolutionary that she single-handedly changes the entire empire’s opinion of women.

  • While a student, Coel wrote Chewing Gum Dreams, a one-woman play whose title she borrowed from one of her own poems.

  • Distraught, she wrote her poem on the subway on the way to the event.

  • Uneeb Khan asked in his poem about his quest for answers following the death of his non-Muslim friend.

  • Each word, from aa to za, gets its own two-page spread with a poem and a pic.

  • How much of your family was able to see you read your poem at the inauguration?

  • You include a story about a poem, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, really affecting you in your formative years.

  • In his condemned cell he composed a beautiful poem of 14 verses (“My last Thought”), which was found by his wife and published.

  • Sebastian Brandt died; counsellor of Strassburg, a lawyer, and author of a curious poem.

  • And in his heart the name of the poem repeated itself with significant insistence: Unwelcome!

  • They were still talking of the poem and the music, exchanging intimate thoughts in the language he could not understand.

  • He was for many years judge of a court in Connecticut, and is known as the author of the popular poem, McFingal.