poem

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈpəʊ.ɪm/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈpʰoʊ̯.əm/

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• Hyphenation: po‧em

Noun

Singular poem

Plural poems

1. (countable) A poem is a group of words written or spoken as an art. Usually, a poem has a rhythm. Many poems rhyme (have words that end the same), and some poems repeat the same first sound in a word (called alliteration).

   I have written some poems.

   The poem was very beautiful.

A Poem

Stormy Night

There is nothing like a sunny day,

Though I must also say,

There is nothing like a stormy night,

Something I greet with delight!

For in the lightning I do see

God's Eternal Mastery;

In His fireworks I do find

Beauty beyond the mortal kind.

A Japanese Poem (Haiku)

Frog Poem

The old pond;

A frog jumps in —

The sound of the water.

Related words

• poetry
• poet
• poetic
• lyrics