poem

US: /ˈpoʊəm/
UK: /pˈə‍ʊɪm/


English Vietnamese dictionary


poem /'pouim/
  • danh từ
    • bài thơ
    • (nghĩa bóng) vật đẹp như bài thơ, cái nên thơ
      • the chalet is a poem in wood: ngôi nhà ván ấy là một kiến trúc bằng gỗ rất nên thơ

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
a piece of writing in which the words are chosen for their sound and the images they suggest, not just for their obvious meanings. The words are arranged in separate lines, usually with a repeated rhythm, and sometimes the lines RHYME at the end.

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
verse, lyric, rhyme or archaic rime, song, ode, rhapsody, jingle, ditty:
The anthology contains poems by politicians.

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

fine, good, great, magnificent, remarkable | collected, selected
His collected poems were published after the war.
| anonymous | autobiographical | sad | dramatic, epic, lyric, heroic, narrative | prose | love | war | humorous, nonsense, satirical

QUANT.

anthology, collection

VERB + POEM

compose, write | read
She read the poem aloud.
| recite | learn by heart | dedicate
He dedicated the poem to his mother.

POEM + VERB

be addressed to sb

PREP.

in a/the ~
In his autobiographical poem ‘The Prelude’, Wordsworth describes his boyhood in the Lakes.
| ~ about
a poem about cultural differences


Concise English dictionary


poems'pəʊɪm
noun
+a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines