Parsing with RegEx into Array

mr_p has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Everyone,

I would like to parse a all occurrence into an Array. Is it possible to do this? The below Is the code I have.

#!/usr/bin/perl

my $str = "<item><i>headline 1</i></item>
        < item><i>headline2</i></item>";

my @x =~ /<(.+?)>.+<\/\1>/ for $str;
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Is there a way to get all 'item' into array?

Thanks.