Collocations for poem - noun
ADJECTIVE
beautiful,
fine,
good,
great
famous
collected, selected
His collected poems were published after the war.
famous
collected, selected
His collected poems were published after the war.
anonymous
autobiographical
long, short
dramatic, epic, heroic, lyric, narrative
prose
love, war
humorous, nonsense, satirical
autobiographical
long, short
dramatic, epic, heroic, lyric, narrative
prose
love, war
humorous, nonsense, satirical
VERB + poem
compose,
write
read
She read the poem aloud.
read
She read the poem aloud.
recite
know by heart, learn by heart (esp. BrE)
dedicate
He dedicated the poem to his mother.
know by heart, learn by heart (esp. BrE)
dedicate
He dedicated the poem to his mother.
publish
PREPOSITION
in a/the poem
Wordsworth describes his boyhood in his autobiographical poem ‘The Prelude’.
Wordsworth describes his boyhood in his autobiographical poem ‘The Prelude’.
poem about
a poem about cultural differences
a poem about cultural differences