How might a poet's choices about form help realize the poem's intention?

Answer 1

Form can provide a structure that makes the ideas seem more organized.

Answer 2

They mean that content is the idea expressed and form is the structure.

Answer 3

Poetry, unlike expository writing or even prose, is primarily impressionistic. Its meaning is more subjective and therefore the formal aspects of a poem serve mainly to contribute to the its subjective experience and as such rarely give defined meaning independently.

Form gives structure to meaning. Stanzas serve to group ideas together and the size of each stanza guides the digestion of the poem's content. Stanza breaks can also give emphasis to the final line of a stanza. Line breaks tell the reader where to pause. Rhyme schemes and consonance/assonance affect the experience of smoothness and coherence of the poem's content, and can serve to group or emphasize certain lines, words or ideas. Line indents/shorter lines give emphasis to those lines.

These are just some examples.

Answer 4

Form can create visual and auditory effects that match what the poem wants to say.

Answer 5

Form can offer concrete ways for the poet to shape ideas and feelings - apex

Answer 6

Form can offer concrete ways for the poet to shape ideas and feelings. -