What is a poem? According to dictionary.com a poem is "a piece of writing that shares the nature of both speech and song that is almost always rhythmic, usually metaphorical, and often displays formal elements such as meter, rhyme, and stanza structure." There are guidelines for poets when writing poetry. Above, some terms have already been mentioned. To outline theme poems you can use rhyme, language, rhythm, form, imagery, and meter to create tone and meaning in the words. However, while adhering to these guidelines, it must still evoke strong emotions in its readers, even if it is complete confusion. We'll take a look at a piece of poetry, "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden that uses some of these devices to give it meaning and tone. In the poem "Those Winter Sundays", the image is a tool used. It is created visually descriptive of figurative language. This poem is constructed in three stanzas consisting of five lines, then four and five again. In the first verse we are made to think of winter. This effect is created by the words “Blueblack Cold”, (2) “Cracked ...