2007-11-30 15:52:08 · 14 answers · asked by Orgazmo 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
What a poem should have is emotions. They don't have to hit you over the head. They can be subtle or even disguised...
2007-12-01 01:05:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, no. In a good poem, the meaning is so strong and and in depth that it doesn't need to be a hidden meaning.
But again, all poems are different and it is up to the reader to interpret the poem. Only the writer of a particular piece knows the true meaning.
2007-12-01 01:23:05 · answer #2 · answered by Taja B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well pretty much, it doesn't have to be something so that only the really bright people only get, but there always has to be a kind hidden meaning or it won't be a poem...
2007-12-01 01:50:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they do not "have to have hidden meanings".
There are some that do, just as there are some that do not.
Every poem and poet is different. Some hide, some don't.
Sam
2007-12-01 00:26:08 · answer #4 · answered by Sam 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some would-be poets like to think so. They are wrong. A good poem shouldn't need to be explained, it should speak to the reader in plain, easily understood language. Poets who imagine themselves clever or mysterious, use words that have to be looked up in a dictionary. Using this device, the only person they impress is themselves, never the reader.
2007-12-01 00:48:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think of poetry as a distilled version of language. No hidden meanings, necessarily, but only what is essential; no fluff.
2007-12-01 00:13:43 · answer #6 · answered by Shades of Grey♥ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, but they need to evoke a feeling or create an image in a fresh way.
2007-12-01 00:03:41 · answer #7 · answered by aida 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the older ones do the most like from bob dylan and dylan thomas they make reffrences to drugs and things like that.
2007-12-01 00:00:34 · answer #8 · answered by alexia's mommy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have to have meaning beyond what is written or the are not poems, they are prose.
2007-11-30 23:57:37 · answer #9 · answered by October 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
actully no!
but people think that poem should be something that people should'nt understand.
2007-12-01 03:35:48 · answer #10 · answered by ashna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋