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a poem is a poem when you let out all your emotions about the subject you are writing about and become passionate about it. it's very different from prose. it doesn't have to rhyme, but you have to like and feel strongly about what it is you are turning into a poem. metaphors and personification often help a lot to write good poetry.
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Expanding on the above, I'd say that a piece of writing is a poem when the writer says that it is. This does suggest some other questions. If a writer writes an essay and puts all of her/his emotions and passion into the essay, is it a passionate essay, or is it poetry?
Not only is rhyming no longer considered an essential element of poetry; it is not necessary to follow the old Greek-based forms of rhythm like iambic pentameter. But poetry does have some elements of structure and rhythm that usually makes it distinguishable as verse rather than prose. This concept of structure/rhythm in writing is generally called prosody. There are many ways to think about lines of poetry in terms of structure and rhythm; you can think of poetry as a kind of music. The degree to which you can do this is the degree to which you can write poetry as distinguished from greeting card doggerel.
Writing poetry is like playing piano; it is easy to be a beginner and to enjoy a beginner's success; it is profoundly difficult to play brilliantly. Writing poetry can be easy, but writing something that will be accepted and enjoyed by informed readers as poetry is another matter altogether.
What else can I help you with?
What is a poem about a poem called?
a poem about a poem.
What is a you can't write a poem poem?
It is a poem which tells you that you can't write a poem. :)
What is the counterpart poem to the 'Poem of Aqhat'?
Poem of Baal
How do you do am i am poem?
what is a i am poem about
What is a diamond shape poem called?
A diamond-shaped poem is called a "diamond poem" or a "diamond shaped poem."
What is a descriptive poem?
an a descriptive poem is a poem u describe
What is a picture for a poem?
A picture poem is a poem that is in the shape of the topic.
What is a poem and how is a song a poem?
because song is poem is poem and that's that's so should i be this confused?
How does voice function in poetry?
It sets the mood/theme of the poem, including the tempo. Is it a fast poem, a slow poem, a sad poem, a stressed poem, a mad poem, a dark poem, a happy poem? It's like acting; the reader must read it the way the author wrote it.
What kinda poem is the one that that makes a shape out of the poem?
A concrete poem.
What is the poem about. Who is the speaker of the poem?
Can you provide the title of the poem you're referring to?
What is a compound poem?
A compound poem is a poem that has two or more predicate
