poem

[US]/ˈpəʊɪm/
[UK]/ˈpoʊəm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. kazi ya fasihi inayoeleza hisia au mawazo kwa lugha nzuri.
Word Forms
Pluralpoems

Phrases & Collocations

love poem

ushairi wa upendo

narrative poem

ushairi wa hadithi

prose poem

ushairi wa sanamu

symphonic poem

ushairi wa sinforoni

Example Sentences

the prosody of a poem

ubunyi wa shairi

a poem in iambic pentameter.

shairi katika wingi wa iambic pentameter.

she was a poem in the flesh.

alikuwa kama shairi katika mwili.

the poem's tonal lapses.

mapungufu ya sauti ya shairi.

a poem full of ambiguities.

shairi lenye ujumbe mwingi usio wazi.

not all the poems are serious.

si mashairi yote yana maana makubwa.

poems of impenetrable obscurity.

mashairi ya ukandamavu usioonekana.

a poem learnt by rote in childhood.

shairi lililojifunza kwa kukumbusha katika utotoni.

poems still in manuscript

mashairi bado kwenye mikono.

read the poem out loud.

soma shairi kwa sauti kubwa.

Recite the poem exactly as it reads.

Soma shairi hasa kama ilivyoandikwa.

He read the poem aloud.

Alisoma shairi kwa sauti kubwa.

He wrote poem after poem to her beauty.

Aliandika shairi baada ya shairi kwa ajili ya uzuri wake.

His poems are full of obscurities.

Mashairi yake yamejaa ujumbe wasiowazi.

The cadence of the poem flowed gracefully.

Mwendelezo wa shairi ulisonga kwa neema.

a dramatic poem in the manner of Goethe.

shairi la taathira kubwa kwa mtindo wa Goethe.

a misquote from a poem by Robert Burns.

Nukuu ya uwongo kutoka kwenye shairi la Robert Burns.

Real-world Examples

He recited the poem to the class.

Yeye alisoma shairi kwa darasa.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

The trauma said don't write this poem.

Jaribu liseme usiseme shairi hili.

Source: Here is a poem.

The Strauss Zarathustra is a tone poem.

Strauss Zarathustra ni shairi la sauti.

Source: Listening to Music (Video Version)

The cinquain poem and the diamond poem.

Shairi la cinquain na shairi la almasi.

Source: Advanced Daily Grammar (Audio Version)

No one knows who wrote the poem first.

Hakuna mtu anayejua ni nani aliyesema shairi kwanza.

Source: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

Tennyson wrote this poem for Arthur Henry Hallam.

Tennyson aliandika shairi hili kwa Arthur Henry Hallam.

Source: VOA Special January 2020 Collection

It was a book of Tennyson's poems.

Ilibadilika kuwa kitabu cha mashairi ya Tennyson.

Source: Beijing Normal University Edition High School English (Compulsory 5)

He wrote a famous poem about the Moon.

Yeye aliandika shairi maarufu kuhusu Mwezi.

Source: Shanghai Education Press Oxford Edition Junior High School English Grade 7 Volume 2

I saw the Vespers poem. About his prayers.

Niliweza kuona shairi la Vespers. Kuhusu sala zake.

Source: Goodbye, Christopher Robin.

The next morning, the Baudelaires find another poem.

Asubuhi ya pili, Baudelaires wanapata shairi kingine.

Source: Three-Minute Book Report

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