poem
/ˈpəʊɪm/noun
उच्चारण पोइम
कविता
Basic word
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a piece of writing in which the words are chosen for their sound and the images they suggest, not just for their meaning, often arranged in lines that rhyme
कविता
- a poem by Tagore
- She read a poem aloud in class.
- The poem describes the beauty of a monsoon evening.
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- We had to learn a short poem by heart.
Synonyms verse rhyme ode sonnet kavita
Opposite prose
§Grammar and usage
Poem is countable ('a poem', 'two poems'); poetry is uncountable ('a book of poetry').
Poem countable है ('a poem', 'two poems'); poetry uncountable है ('a book of poetry')।
Keep the poem parts: line, stanza or verse (a group of lines), rhyme, rhythm, metre.
कविता के भाग याद रखिए: line, stanza या verse (पंक्तियों का समूह, छंद), rhyme (तुक), rhythm (लय), metre।
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One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often (types of poems): a poem of 14 lines is a sonnet; a poem of praise an ode; a poem of mourning for a dead person an elegy; a long poem about heroes an epic (the Ramayana, the Mahabharata); a short funny poem of five lines a limerick; a three-line Japanese poem a haiku; a poem that tells a story a ballad.
One-word substitution बहुत पूछा जाता है (कविता के प्रकार): 14 पंक्तियों की कविता sonnet; प्रशंसा की कविता ode; मृत व्यक्ति के शोक की कविता elegy (शोकगीत); नायकों पर लंबी कविता epic (महाकाव्य: रामायण, महाभारत); पाँच पंक्तियों की छोटी हास्य कविता limerick; तीन पंक्तियों की जापानी कविता haiku; कहानी कहने वाली कविता ballad।