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Poetry

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What makes a poem … a poem? - Melissa Kovacs

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The elements of a poem | Reading | Khan Academy (unlisted)

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What Is Poetry? #PoetryDefined

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IF by Rudyard Kipling (A Life Changing Poem)

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Forms of Literature: Forms of Poetry | Types of Poetry in English Literature | Sonnet | Ode | Epic

Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.
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