A '''poem''' is a usually short written piece belonging to the literature of [[poetry]]. Generally speaking, a poem is text with an uneven right margin.
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A '''poem''' is a usually short written piece belonging to the literature of [[poetry]]. Some poems have rhymes, as in [[Robert Frost]]'s famous "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."<ref>http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171621</ref>
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There are many different sorts of poems – from formal [[sonnet]]s to [[haiku]]s to experimental [[free verse]].
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In a humorous explanation of the difference between a poem and prose, a poem is text with an uneven right margin.
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There are many different sorts of poems – from formal [[sonnet]]s to [[haiku]]s to experimental [[free verse]]. [[Shakespeare]] wrote many sonnets in addition to his plays.<ref>http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/</ref>