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How does the poem make you feel?

Some people think that only poetry has to do with feelings, while prose has to do with stories.

How does it sound like?

b. Rhythm: Poems have their own rhythm or beat.

a. Rhyme: refers to two or more words the exact same sounds at the end, including a vowel.

Look for different uses of language.

c. Personification

b. Alliteration

a. Metaphor

Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic qualities of language.

What does the text look like?

The first thing you see in a poem is that the text is "broken" into verses, or shorter lines, verses can vary in length.