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a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
your assignment is to write two poems about springtime
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Inscribed below her name and the dash between the dates are the last two lines from one of her poems.
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Rebecca Chace
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
The former talk show host took to Instagram on Sunday, sharing a screenshot of Trump's post alongside a fiery poem that O'Donnell's penned in response.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 July 2025
Your creative work, art, photographs, poems, or videos, is still yours to control.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
The poem was written before Gelman’s own son and pregnant daughter-in-law were kidnapped in the Dirty War.
—Julia M. Klein, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
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Rebecca Chace
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
The former talk show host took to Instagram on Sunday, sharing a screenshot of Trump's post alongside a fiery poem that O'Donnell's penned in response.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 July 2025
Your creative work, art, photographs, poems, or videos, is still yours to control.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
The poem was written before Gelman’s own son and pregnant daughter-in-law were kidnapped in the Dirty War.
—Julia M. Klein, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poem
Noun
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With that decided, the opening verse recounted a few regular activities that would seem fairly typical for a good ol’ boy: deer hunting, sports, Fridays at the bar.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
24 July 2025
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However, controversy sparked over the weekend after an alternate version of the track featuring a different Nas verse leaked online—one that some listeners interpreted as a veiled diss toward Jones.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
23 July 2025
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Whether belting out apocalyptic lyrics in overdrive or crooning heartfelt odes to love, Osbourne sang with unmistakable feeling and conviction.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 July 2025
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Both Nicks and Buckingham shared handwritten lyrics to their official social media accounts.—
Maria Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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His son, Ralph Taylor III, who was autistic and communicated mostly by song, died on the floor of the bedroom.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Many viewers criticized the artist for relying too heavily on the audience to carry the song.—
Daysia Tolentino,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
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Almost too passionately anguished, Austen is a sonnet played on the fortepiano, while Winslet is Liszt banged out on a Steinway.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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The poem was published in Shakespeare’s 1609 quarto of 154 sonnets, which wasn’t widely popular in its day.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Poem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poem. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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