who here thinks that rap is poetry in motion?

answers1: it is in the expressive movement, that we find poetic rhythm
in rap...the words alone are often very poetic, regardless of the lack
of devices found in structured writing....remove the beat and analyze
the words...there is the test for me
answers2: it is poetry... plain and simple... no argument to the
contrary can be made... but poetry is an umbrella term that extends to
many many many (emphasis on many) different forms and styles... Look
at the stylistic diversity... it extends from slam poetry, to haikus,
to form regid stuff like John Dunne, all the way to the break all
barriers stuff of guys like Ginsberg and E.E. Cummings. Plus the
hundreds of culturally specific distinctions and variations. 150-200
years ago, most of what we now consider "poetry" would not be thought
of as poetry at all, and so the definition is fluid, like with every
art form. <br>
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Now, whether or not you think it is good and has merits is an entirely
different question, one i think you are actually more interested in
answering... but there is no denying that rap is a kind of poetry.
answers3: i think some rap songs are poetry but others arent
answers4: Depends what kind of rap it is. Gangster rap definitely
isn't poetic, but there are other types of rap out there to which the
phrase does apply.
answers5: i dont. i think its noisy, annoying, crap. its all about
drugs and sex and naked woman, how can i be poetry? poetry is about
feeling.
answers6: that's because you are close minded and can't take to try
new things <br>
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq6d37k1PhA
answers7: i deff do... <br>
a lot of rap song remind me of life and i love it... <br>
with out it my llife would be boring lol music is my life and i listen
to it 90% of the day