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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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It was inspired by a 1906 poem by African American writer Paul Laurence Dunbar.
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
None of that information is, strictly speaking, relevant to this poem.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
In the middle, there’s a poem about the Arctic explorer Matthew Henson.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
The strategy is less effective for improving outputs such as poems or translations, in which ranking is subjective.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
None of that information is, strictly speaking, relevant to this poem.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
In the middle, there’s a poem about the Arctic explorer Matthew Henson.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
The strategy is less effective for improving outputs such as poems or translations, in which ranking is subjective.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poem
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As he's been doing in concert for years, Manilow emerged from the shadows for the second verse of the song, a nostalgic juxtaposition of his younger and older selves singing the same song.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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The rap lyrics in the second verse really resonate.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
1 Feb. 2025
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Unlike the final version released on his 2004 album Dear Heather, this handwritten page includes lyrics penned in Cohen's own hand in purple marker, offering a deeper look at his lyrical experimentation.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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When an artist expresses interest in covering their song for The Sims, Gratz will listen through the song and then create a draft of Simlish lyrics for the artist to riff off of.—
Sara Belcher,
People.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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Five of the eight shows this season follow the jukebox-musical format, which takes the songs of one particular artist to tell a story.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2025
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The song also spends a 12th week atop both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
5 Feb. 2025
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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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