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poem
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
poem
(noun)
poem
/
ˈ
powəm/
noun
plural
poems
poem
/
ˈ
powəm/
noun
plural
poems
Britannica Dictionary definition of POEM
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:
a piece of writing that usually has figurative language and that is written in separate lines that often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme
a love/epic
poem
He wrote a
poem
about his parents.
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