po‧em S3 W3 / pəʊəm, pəʊɪm $ poʊ- / 名词 [可数名词]

a piece of writing that expresses emotions, experiences, and ideas, especially in short lines using words that rhyme (= end with the same sound )

poem about

I decided to write a poem about how I felt.

COLLOCATIONS

动词

write a poem I’ve been writing short stories and poems for years.

compose a poem formal (= write a poem ) He composed a poem in his head.

learn a poem (= learn it so that you can remember it without reading it ) Hugh had learned the whole poem by heart as a boy.

memorize a poem (= learn it ) The children had to memorize a poem and recite it in front of the whole class.

recite a poem (= say it without reading it ) The little girl was standing up, reciting a poem.

短语

a book/volume/collection of poems She has a new collection of poems coming out soon.

an anthology of poems (= a book of poems by different people ) She gave me an anthology of poems for children.

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + poem

a love poem Shakespeare’s beautiful love poems

a lyric/narrative/epic etc poem (= a poem in a particular style ) the epic Greek poem, The Odyssey

THESAURUS

a poem

poem a piece of writing that expresses emotions, experiences, and ideas, especially in short lines using words that rhyme : ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ is the first line of a famous poem by WIlliam Wordsworth.

sonnet a poem with 14 lines which rhyme with each other in a fixed pattern : Shakespeare’s sonnets

haiku a type of Japanese poem with three lines consisting of five, seven, and five syllables : a haiku by Matsuo Basho about a frog jumping into a pond

limerick a short humorous poem that has five lines which rhyme : a limerick by Edward Lear, which began ‘There was a young lady of Norway, Who casually sat in a doorway’.

rhyme a short poem or song, especially for children, using words that rhyme : a collection of traditional rhymes with illustrations | The children were reciting a rhyme. | a nursery rhyme (= a short traditional poem or song for children )

poems

poetry poems in general, or the art of writing them : He reads a lot of poetry. | She wrote poetry and children’s stories. | a poetry book

verse words arranged in the form of poetry : a book of comic verse

anthology a set of poems by different people collected together in one book : an anthology of Caribbean poetry

parts of a poem

verse a group of words or sentences that form one part of a poem : The poem has three verses. | the final verse

stanza a group of lines in a repeated pattern, which form part of a poem : the opening stanza of Keats’ poem ‘Ode to a Nightingale’