Stephene Van Wyk I believe poetry definitely has meaning instead of just a rhyme scheme which would make it rap. We forget that it has to have powerful ideas whether we have a ryhme scheme or not. For an example, I think one powerful idea the world never seen, heard or done is IIA. I attended a workshop on Poetry Nation and came across this statement. "Wrong, W. D. Snodgrass imparts, “We cannot honestly discuss or represent our lives, any more than our poems, without using ideational language.”