What Does Poetry Do?

  Poems are different from other forms of writing because they are pieces of writing that arranged in lines with a rhythm. Since most of the poems rhyme in a way that the words roll through our tongues smoothly, poems are considered to be another form of art. Although poems have only few lines, they can express the beauty of the words behind their meanings. Prose writing often follows standard rules in grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure. On the other hand, poems don't really have to follow those complex rules. Because poems tend to hear and respond to the sounds, rhythms, cadence and structure of language, it has a great deal in common with music. Therefore, the main destination of writing poems is to sound musical. I think poems have similarities with other writings, such as imagery. Both poems and proses can remain lifelike imageries in readers' mind, because the descriptions are vivid, they keep a sensory picture which touched the readers. Furthermore, odes are lofty and dignified lyric poems, which mean that they don't have to rhyme as regular poems. Consequently, they can also write in a story or song. The most famous type of poem that records the heros' deeds and achievements is epic poem, which we students are writing in history class right now. It is an example of a story that writes in poem. Poems are somehow affecting our lives, such as poetry contest. People will also write poems to express their feelings, cause they can enjoy the writing that only contain few lines but meaningful. However, poems are important elements in literature, too.