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Common collocations with poem in American Collocation

poem noun countable

US /ˈpoʊəm/

types of poem

dialect
epic
lyric
lyrical
narrative
nonsense
satirical

Why do we associate the epic poem with Homer?

short/long

long
short

The interview will include discussion of a short poem which they will be given one hour beforehand.

funny/sad

funny
humorous
poignant
sad
touching

One of the saddest poems was that on the cruel murder of his son.

about love

erotic
love
romantic

Burns was writing his romantic poems all about shepherdesses and the grandeur of nature.

well-known/not well-known

famous
unpublished
well-known

His most famous poem, A Drunk Man looks at a Thistle (1926), examined the spiritual nature of his home country.

favourite

favourite

It would be hard to select a favourite poem from such an altogether pleasing book.

write a poem

compose
craft
pen
write

Paradise Lost may be one of the greatest poems ever written.

publish a poem

print
publish
reprint

A book of his poems was published in 1919.

say a poem

read
recite

Read your poems to the class or display the poems in a class book.

refer to a poem

quote

Click here for references to the poems quoted in this article.

dedicate a poem

dedicate

Even after their final separation in 1926 he was to continue to dedicate his poems to Gabrielle.