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poem
1. A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its sound and suggestive power and by the use of literary techniques; such as, meter, metaphor, and rhyme.
2. A composition in verse rather than in prose.
3. A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of language more characteristic of poetry than of prose.
4. A creation, object, or experience having beauty suggestive of poetry.
5. Etymology: from Middle French (about 1400 to 1600) poème (14th century); from Latin poema, "verse, poetry" from Greek poema. "thing made or created, fiction, poetical work"; from poein, "to make or to compose".
Poem: Book Borrower by Robert Service
An expression of fury about people who borrow books and either mistreat them or fail to return them.
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Poem: Dulce et Decorum Est
A World War I poem that asks if it is truly sweet and fitting to die for one's country.
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Poem: I have a Rendezvous with Death by Alan Seeger
Another World War I poem that expresses the expectancy of the poet that he will be meeting death by the time Spring comes again.
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Poem: I Met the Master Face to Face by Lorrie Cline
Going from a worldly life to a spiritual awakening with a vision of meeting God.
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Poem: If by Rudyard Kipling
If is a well-known poem that challenges us to use "self control" and "character development" if we want to be mature.
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Poem: Invictus by William Ernest Henley
Invictus is a poem that urges us to be responsible for our own destiny in life.
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Poem: Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant
A poet who is expressing his thoughts about death which is the fate of every human being.
Poem: The Blind Men and the Elephant by John Godfrey Saxe
A popular poem about the differences of perceptions regarding an elephant as expressed by six blind men.
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Poem: The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service
A poem that describes how Sam McGee finally found physical relief from his painful frigid condition.
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Poem: The Man Who Thinks He Can by Walter D. Wintle
A description of positive thinking and what it can do to help a person achieve his/her objective.
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Poem: The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
A classical poem about a raven which keeps uttering the words: "Nevermore".
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Poem: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
A famous poem which is often quoted is Robert Frost's "The Road not Taken" which indicates that we must make choices in life even if the decision is not what we anticipated.
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Poem: Trees by Joyce Kilmer
Presenting a special fondness for trees as gifts from God.
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Poem: Words by Robert Service
Expressing a special fondness for words even as a castaway on an island.
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Units related to: “poem
(a couple of similar opinions about people who borrow books)
(Wilfred Owen challenges our thinking about whether it is really so sweet and fitting to die for one's country)
(a poem by Lorrie Cline)
(a poem about self control and character development by Rudyard Kipling)
(taking responsibility for one’s destiny by William Ernest Henley)
(said to be one of the greatest poems written during World War I by Alan Seeger)
(two roads diverged or separated and went in different directions according to Robert Frost)
(confronting death by William Cullen Bryant)
(an abnormal way of getting warm in the freezing conditions of a Canadian winter as expressed by Robert Service)
(thinking that you can be successful in achieving an objective is a vital mental condition, but thinking that you can not do it is almost a guarantee that you will not be successful as indicated by Walter Wintle)
(a famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe)
(an expression of admiration and appreciation for trees)
(Robert Service and E.B. de Vito, two logophiles, express their fondness for words)
(Greek > Latin: song, lyric poem)
(Latin: Syphil[us], the eponymous main character of Girolamo Fracastoro's poem "Syphilus sive Morbus Gallicus" [Syphilus, or the French Disease], published at Verona, Italy [1530])
(A poem that expresses misconceived judgements based on incomprehensible, or at least, inadequate information)
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Words Poem

                   Words

There are words that make us
          Shudder, wince:
          Wormwood, persimmon,
          Alum, quince.

There are words that soothe
          And tranquilize:
          Slumbering, rainbows,
          Butterflies.

There are words that tighten,
          Words that roil:
          Tension, turmoil,
          Chaos, spoil.

There are words that shimmer,
          That beguile:
          Stars, ships, peacocks,
          Firelight, smile.

And always, words
          That make life full:
          Love, laughter, home,
          Peace, beautiful.

          —E.B. de Vito

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