Collocations for poetry - noun
ADJ.
good, great | classical | contemporary, modern | 18th-century, etc. | dramatic, epic, heroic, lyric, narrative | Modernist, Romantic, symbolist, etc. | love, pastoral, war, etc.
QUANT.
line
He began his speech with a few lines of poetry.
He began his speech with a few lines of poetry.
piece | anthology, book, collection, volume
VERB + POETRY
compose, write | read | recite | learn by heart
At school we had to learn a lot of poetry by heart.
At school we had to learn a lot of poetry by heart.
POETRY + NOUN
book, collection | reading
She invited me to one of her poetry readings.
She invited me to one of her poetry readings.
competition, workshop | group
PREP.
in ~
an essay on imagery in poetry
an essay on imagery in poetry