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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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Recent Examples of poem
Samia had begun formulating the poems that would become Bloodless earlier that year, starting with a concept revolving around historical muses like Kiki de Montparnasse, an early-20th-century artist’s model for surrealist painter Man Ray and others.
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Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2025
Une Nuit Nomade Nothing But Sea and Sky Inspired by Montauk, New York
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With a name pulled from a Whitman poem and a blend of milky notes and white musks, this scent aims to embody Montauk Point in winter.
—Calin Van Paris, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2025
These poems—drawn from several of the revered Danish writer’s collections and published together in English for the first time—are tinged with the longing of Ditlevsen’s inner child.
—The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Baum penned numerous novels and short stories, poems, and scripts.
—Nancy Olson, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2025
Une Nuit Nomade Nothing But Sea and Sky Inspired by Montauk, New York
$135 at Lucky Scent
With a name pulled from a Whitman poem and a blend of milky notes and white musks, this scent aims to embody Montauk Point in winter.
—Calin Van Paris, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2025
These poems—drawn from several of the revered Danish writer’s collections and published together in English for the first time—are tinged with the longing of Ditlevsen’s inner child.
—The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Baum penned numerous novels and short stories, poems, and scripts.
—Nancy Olson, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poem
Noun
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Revisited epic, and its power is undiminished even though Dylan shaved off some of the latter verses.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2025
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The lyrics to both verses were finished, and the first line of the chorus — Fill my eyes — was in place.—
Aaron Portzline,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While the lyrics contend with this idea in terms of romantic relationships, the music video, directed by Jake Schreier, appears to tackle it from the perspective of a career in the entertainment industry.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
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Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves — especially when Kacey was coming up, her songwriting opened the door for conversational, universal lyrics in country music.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While all of the songs are performed in their original Spanish, the dialogue is completely in English.—
Nicholas Ducassi,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2025
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There are also plenty of new songs (even the trio of musical numbers carried over from the original have extensive new lyrics from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul), though none of them have the same special, ineffable quality of the originals.—
Josh Spiegel,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Artificial intelligence has never been more powerful, constantly expanding its litany of flexes — from generating sonnets and fantastical images to believably mimicking emotions, all while churning through mountains of data faster than any human being could.—
Adriana Lee,
WWD,
26 Nov. 2024
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And that a major plot in the novels involves sentient, talking animals that love sonnets and science?—
Constance Grady,
Vox,
20 Nov. 2024
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