poem

«poem» in Mova's school dictionary: a piece of writing in lines, often with rhythm and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a poem, poems)

meaning for a pupil

1) A poem is a piece of writing in lines, often with rhythm and sometimes rhyme, that expresses feelings or ideas in a special, beautiful way. tree →

2) A poem can be funny, sad, short like a haiku or long like a ballad. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons pupils read, learn by heart and write poems: haiku, limericks, acrostics, free verse. Words linked to poems: verse, stanza, line, rhyme, rhythm, poet, poetry. Phrases: «write a poem», «recite a poem», «a poem about», «learn a poem by heart».

examples

• We wrote a poem about the sea. tree →
• She recited a poem in front of the whole school. tree →
• A haiku is a short poem with three lines. tree →
• This poem rhymes «cat» with «hat». tree →
• The poet read her poems at the library. tree →
• Learn the first verse of the poem by heart for Friday. tree →
• His poem made everyone laugh. tree →
• “I would make a poem,” Fionn cried. tree →

note

Countable: poem, poems. «Poetry» is uncountable and means poems in general («I like poetry»); «poet» is the person. Two syllables: PO-em. Not every poem rhymes.

In the corpora

• The ducks don't either, laughs the Rat — they say it's nonsense to sit on banks making poems about other people.
• The poem: "I keep six honest serving-men ...
• In the poem, a child likes his dog Binkie better than the Pussy, because Binkie is his true First Friend.
• The end-poem says Balkis and Solomon both talk to butterflies as you would talk to a friend.
• "chūnlián" are red New Year couplets, poems on red paper put up by the door before New Year.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «poem» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.