Poems tend to use language far more creatively then prose.
For example:
| Many poems use images that convey ideas to us. They sort of paint a picture on our minds that helps us to understand the theme(s) of the poem. It's always worth spending time thinking about the images that a poem creates. |
| Poems also make great use of metaphors and similes. |
| Another way poems use language to interesting effect is in the use of symbols. This is where an image or idea is used to suggest a much larger but related idea. For example, an image associated with children might be used to suggest that the poet is talking about childhood in general, or a single natural image might be used to suggest the whole of nature. |
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