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Poetry is an artistic form of writing which is written by the imagination and emotions. And this artistic piece of writing has an ability to stir the reader's mind, it's written in a way that makes reader think and imagine according to the poem. It is written using aesthetic and rhythmic language and is arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm. A great poet defines poetry as "Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imagination". Poetry is written to share ideas, to express emotions and to create imagery. There are different types of poetry and the most common amongst them are narrative poetry, dramatic poetry, lyrical poetry.

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A person who has the gift of poetic thought, imagination, and creation, together with eloquence of expression. A poet makes himself a visionary through a long, boundless, and systematized disorganization of all the senses. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. William Wordsworth defines a poet as 'A good poet is someone who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightening five or six times; a dozen or two dozen times and he is great.