What would you call poetry?

answers1: I call poetry...well...poetry...but if you want something
deeper and profound...ask the next guy : )
answers2: Something that makes you think, laugh, cry, smile. <br>
It is someones opinion, a peep into someones mind, a story told in a
song for people who cant sing (lol:p) <br>
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Lol that's just my strange little opinion! XD
answers3: It really depends onw hat tipe of poetry because if is a
love poem, what you are saying has to come from your heart and you
should be able to get your point threw by only saying it
answers4: complicated point. seek with yahoo and bing. just that could help!
answers5: FOR ME, poetry is ANYTHING that comes from the heart and
writing down. poetry doesnt have to rhyme or anything like that. Its
just purely anything you are feeling inside writen down in words, the
one thing to rememeber is, I THINK that really good poetry has to come
from the heart NOT the head. <br>
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EDIT--- THE RESPONDER BELOW, (henry) is wrong, poetry does not need
any meter or rythem what so ever, there is a type of poetry called
''free verse'' and this type has no strict meter or ryhme or rythem..
people should look more into poetry before thinking they know it
all... GOOD LOOK anyway. x
answers6: Beautiful! Wow, there's a war in the poetry section? I am a
bit amazed! I could understand if it was R&S with all the heated
opinions & baiting questions, but what is there to do battle over in
poetry? Surely I miss something here. I hope I never become so jaded
that a kind word or lending my support becomes just too much to ask of
me! Keep writing my friend, the heart must have it's avenue of
expression, no matter what that avenue may be. Many Blessings!
answers7: A shining Beacon of hope for those of that are less than
perfect and feel trapped.
answers8: moving
answers9: hard task. lookup on yahoo. that will help!
answers10: I don't mean to be unkind to your other responders, but
none of these answers makes much sense. Of course, poetry can make us
laugh or cry, but so can a play, an ice cream cone, or a car wreck.
That's not a definition. <br>
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Poetry has two characteristics that separate it from everything else.
First, it is nearly always written in meter, that is, it has a rhythm
to it. In the best poetry, that rhythm is a natural outgrowth of the
words used and doesn't seem forced. <br>
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Second, poetry compacts much meaning into few words, (Epic poetry is
an exception, of course. The Odyssey isn't exactly a few words.)
Creative figurative language is what helps accomplish this. <br>
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By the way, this definition places nursery rhymes and other metered
language that doesn't have fresh, interesting language outside the
definition of poetry. A good word for this is "verse."