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A poem is a composition written in verse (although verse has been equally used for epic and dramatic fiction). Poems rely heavily on images, precise word choice and metaphor, they can take the form of measures consisting of patterns of stresses (metric feet, or taking of samples of different length syllables (as in classical prosody), and they may or may not also use rhyme. One can not characterize exactly easy to poetry. As a rule, but poetry as a form of literature makes a good use of the formal properties of words she uses – the properties of the spoken or written form of words, regardless of their significance. Meter depends on syllables and rhythm of language, rhyme and alliteration depend on the sounds of words.

Poetry, perhaps before the time of other forms of literature: early known examples include the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2700 BC), parts of the Bible, the surviving works of Homer (Iliad and Odyssey) and the Indian epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. In crops, primarily on oral traditions the formal characteristics of poetry often have a mnemonic based function, and important texts: legal, genealogical or moral, may, for example, first in verse form.
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