What Is A Poem?

A poem is a piece of writing which expresses thoughts or feelings. Poems usually include the use of irony and symbolism. Poems usually consist of verses and may or may not rhyme. Poems which are written for younger children are more likely to contain rhyme, shorter verses and may be read at a faster pace. The use of alliteration may be more apparent in poems for younger children.

Different types of poems include:

Sonnet - the sonnet is the most popular form of poem. Sonnets are usually connected with poems about love. Shakespeare produced many well known sonnets, some of which can be found in the Oxford Book of English Verse.

Ode - an ode is a lyrical poem which is structured into three parts (strophe, antistrophe and the epode).

There are many different genres for poems including epic poetry (narrative literature centered around mythical or heroic people), narrative poetry (poems which tell a story), dramatic poetry (written in verse), lyric poetry (usually describes the poet's feelings and thoughts).

The answer to this question is as complex as the answer to the question, "what is a poet?" is. Wordsworth's definition of poetry counts a lot while defining a poem. In "Prelude", he puts poetry as, "spontaneous overflow of powerful emotions". In this way, a poem becomes an expression of powerful emotions of a poet. I think there cannot be a better definition of poem than the one I have just mentioned.
There have been various thinkers, philosophers and poets who have been trying to define a poem but no one's answer has been accepted as a final and authoritative answer. In the modern and post modern age, poets like Larkin and Ted Hughes mark poem as an unconscious effort of creation. An earlier and more widely understood concept of a poem is that anything written in rhyme is a poem. But for Larkin and Hughes and many of the modern poets, this definition fails. They believe that it is not necessary for a poem to have a rhyme scheme. If we were to accept the definition that anything written in rhyme is a poem, most of the modern poetry dies and we would have to have a new genre in literature for such kind of writings.

Poem is a piece a' writing that rhymes, it's simple! What kinda idiot don't know what a poem is?

Poems express feelings or emotions you might have, but are too embarrassed to say it so you write your feelings in a poetry way. A poem can be rhyming or it can be said at a faster pace, these are mostly children poems, but the complicated poems are more aimed to an older age group such as teenagers.

Hope this helped :)

Poems are group of words that rhyme and express your emotions and life

A poem is a writing that expresses ur emotions

A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines