my teacher said something that i didn't understand and i was wondering if any one could help me
He Said "a verse can be a poem but a poem cannot be a verse"
i dont get it plz help
2007-10-17 13:09:25 · 12 answers · asked by Debbie 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
Ronnie's right. I don't think this is an accurate quotation from the teacher.
Verse is metered poetry that can also be sung.
Free verse, prose poems, haikus, are poetries that tend not to be metered and are not easily lent to song.
2007-10-18 04:17:07 · answer #1 · answered by Dancing Bee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think what he meant to say was "a verse can be a poem, but a poem doesn't necessarily have to be a verse". If so, he is defining verses as lines or poems that are metrical. To be sure, I think you should ask him.
2007-10-17 13:26:17 · answer #2 · answered by Ronnie 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Shoulda just asked your teacher. A verse can be a poem. But poems cannot be verses.
2007-10-17 13:15:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
hmm... i don't get it either. Unless maybe he was making a pun, like "A verse can be a poem but a poem cannot be (averse)," because only a person can be averse to something.
*shrugs* That's the only thing I can think of.
Don't be shy to ask him tomorrow what he meant by that statement. More than likely he will be pleased that you were curious enough about it to ask him to clarify.
2007-10-17 13:13:39 · answer #4 · answered by willow oak 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a verse is only one line. A verse can be a poem, because it would become APART of the poem. But a verse cannot be a poem, because its only one line... get it now
2007-10-17 13:12:25 · answer #5 · answered by fata1ity 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A verse includes multiple lines and is considered a poem. but, a poem is not a verse. Its like in math, all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares. Same idea i think. By the way you're teacher sounds like he would be a gay with that line.jk
2007-10-17 13:12:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
well, you can say a verse like you say a poem...like you can add to it....but you cant take things away fromt the poem to make a verse
2007-10-17 13:12:07 · answer #7 · answered by PaperbagPrincess 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is like saying a snack can be a meal but a meal cannot be a snack.
2007-10-17 13:14:47 · answer #8 · answered by Antonio 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He's trying to hold down your artistic grandiosity, don't let him!
2007-10-17 13:17:38 · answer #9 · answered by Rick H 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
that doesnt make any sense to me
2007-10-17 13:20:06 · answer #10 · answered by americangurl_28 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋