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poem; CL:首shou3; poetry; verse ☊

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a beautiful woman/face/baby/voice/poem/smell/evening ☊ beautiful ☊
her best-known poem ☊ best ☊
He recited the whole poem in one breath. ☊ breath ☊
This poem comes from his new book. ☊ come from sth ☊
The poem contrasts youth and age. ☊ contrast ☊
copy sth (down/out): I copied out several poems. ☊ copy ☊
We were taught how to criticize poems. ☊ criticize ☊
Her poems often deal with the subject of death. ☊ deal with sth ☊
He read a poem entitled 'Salt'. ☊ entitle ☊
The poet's anger finds expression in (= is shown in) the last verse of the poem. ☊ expression ☊
She gave a reading from her latest volume of poetry. ☊ give ☊
The students were asked to interpret the poem. ☊ interpret ☊
the layers of meaning in the poem ☊ layer ☊
There are, of course, deeper meanings in the poem. ☊ meaning ☊
She can recite the whole poem from memory. ☊ memory ☊
The poem has been set to music. ☊ music ☊
poems reprinted by kind permission of the author ☊ permission ☊
a poetry reading ☊ poetry ☊
She wrote poems in praise of freedom. ☊ praise ☊
selected poems of T.S. Eliot ☊ select ☊
These poems reveal her gentle side. ☊ side ☊
His poems were published under the title of 'Love and Reason'. ☊ title ☊
The poem uses simple language. ☊ use ☊
write sb sth: She wrote him several poems. ☊ write ☊