Example sentences for: poem

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  • The most significant expedition under Manuel’s flag was Vasco da Gama’s legendary sea voyage from Lisbon in the summer of 1497 — immortalized in The Lusiads (1572), the epic poem by Portugal’s national poet, Luís de Camões (1524–1580).

  • Donald McKay's article “The Gaelic View of Heather” reminds me of Arden Carl Mathew's short but pointed poem “The Death of Irish,” which I reproduce in full below:

  • In this issue is a new poem by Seamus Heaney.

  • The poem is the best lesson I know in what a line of verse is: Read it aloud, letting your voice continue past the line ending, when that is what the syntax wants to do.

  • He also wrote his long (and beautiful) poem "The Wanderings of Oisin" (1889); published, in 1895, a list of the best Irish books; edited a book of Irish verse; and, with Lady Gregory as co-worker, toured villages and towns asking peasants for their folk memories.


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