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a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
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Applicants for the casting call were asked to send a 30-second video of themselves reading a poem or short story that is not from Harry Potter, as well as a second video speaking about themselves.
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
The council told people that children would only receive candy if their phrase involved a song, a poem, a stunt or a musical number.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Having Conceição Evaristo’s poem and a phrase from it in the title, in this sense, as a call to action.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Paradoxically the poem invites us to dwell in that vast sonic space that is the silence of poetry and the worlds that emanate from there.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
The council told people that children would only receive candy if their phrase involved a song, a poem, a stunt or a musical number.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Having Conceição Evaristo’s poem and a phrase from it in the title, in this sense, as a call to action.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Paradoxically the poem invites us to dwell in that vast sonic space that is the silence of poetry and the worlds that emanate from there.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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There’s that earworm refrain, followed by formidably declarative verses, a powder keg of a chorus and a high-concept bridge.Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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At the time, many future hip-hop icons were executing their verses in a simplified, nursery rhyme style.Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Prosecutors plan to admit Melly's lyrics into evidence for his retrial.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Original material began to emerge — songs that were melodic and oblique in equal measure, with arpeggiated guitar hooks and Stipe’s lyrics drifting in and out of focus.Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Instead, a song that’s already been available for many years has finally managed to become something of a hit.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The greatest of the prayer songs is the Lord’s Prayer.Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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So there is a series of words or linguistic tropes for every single play, every poem cycle, every sonnet.Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
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Western governments and civil society should encourage the creative potential of Russian exiles, from the social scientists and journalists making sense of Putinism to the poets writing sonnets and the painters producing still lifes.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Poem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poem. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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