What makes a poem, a poem?

Question

So I think basic education system failed me. I remember in school, we’re taught that poems needed to rhyme and that it needed a pattern for each verse. But then.. there’s free form poetry and there’s spoken word poetry..

What makes poetry different from descriptive sentences and from songs?

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Answer 1

> What makes poetry different from descriptive sentences and from songs?

Nothing really. A poem can be lyrics and a poem can just be descriptive text if that’s how the artist wants to label it. It’s a pretty loose term.