How would you characterize a poem as one? Are there poems that do not fit our ideas of what a poem should be? We'll look at two poems, one that sounds traditionaly as one and the other that does not. The latter is also considered as one of the shortest poems in English Language. You can check out Sarojini Naidu's poem here:http://www.english-for-students.com/Palanquin-Bearers.html and also check this really interesting Ted Ed video on what is poetry: https://youtu.be/JwhouCNq-Fc