What makes a poem … a poem? – Melissa Kovacs
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What exactly makes a poem … a poem? Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Melissa Kovacs shares three recognizable characteristics of most poetry.
Lesson by Melissa Kovacs, animation by Ace & Son Moving Picture Co., LLC.



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