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how do you know?
how do I know if the poem I wrote is really a poem? I think it's pretty good, but it's more of a short, flowy sounding, deep story. It doesn't rhyme or anything and i'm wondering if I should consider it a poem or a story?
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Hi,
Here's the www.dictionary.com definition of a poem: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location).
Personally, I think poetry is one of the freest forms of expression, and that no one can tell you whether or not it's right. As many people before me have said, there are specific types of poetry, and it doesn't sound like your poem fits into any of them. That definitely doesn't mean what you have written is not a poem, though. If you say it's a poem, it is. But if you wanted to use it as a short story, go right ahead.
I hope I helped!
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There are many different types of poems.
Eg:
Sonnet
-14 line poem
-follows strict rhyming pattern
Free verse
-unrhymed lines with no regular rhyming pattern
But to most people, poem-illiterate people especially, they know poems to be short phrases/lines where the last word of line 1 rhymes with that of line 2, last word of phrase 3 with that of phrase 4 and so on...
I know of the existing types of poems but I don't classify my poem as a limerick, sonnet or whatever shit.
A poem to me is simply something which
-is catchy
-is bout 10-14 lines
-not necessarily has to be deep
-not necessarily has to rhyme
If I were you, I'd consider it to be a poem. =)
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Well, this varies because they are many different types of poetry. So there really is not one simple definition. Here are some sites on poetry, and will tell you all the type of poems to identify what type you are writing, etc.
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there's no set definition, you can pretty much call whatever you want a poem. Typically they are descriptive, emotional, about one specific thing, with some kind of rhythm, and almost always in lines.
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