"poem" meaning in English

See poem in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpəʊ.ɪm/ [UK], /ˈpʰoʊ̯.əm/ [US] Audio: en-uk-poem.ogg [UK] Forms: poem [singular], poems [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. 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).
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