What does "poetic form" mean?

Question

What does "poetic form" mean?

Answer 1

Something about Edgar Allen's posture I think...

Hang on...*bong hit*...*exhales*...

Something about a raven clawing at his back?  

Answer 2

when something is like a poem?

or you do something that is 'poetic'

i know that dont help but thats what i was told

Answer 3

Poetic form is like a template for a particular structured poem.  There are many different structures as well as devices such as: metaphor, alliteration, rhyme scheme, meter, etc... that make up a poetic form.  

Here are some examples of poetic forms:

http://shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/ty...

New and interesting forms are being created all the time.  

Answer 4

A form is a set of rules for a poem. For example, a sonnet is 14 lines long, a haiku is 5-7-5 syllables, a couplet is two lines, typically in iambic pentameter, a sestina rotates the six ending words in a certain order in each of six 6 line stanzas followed by a final three line stanza with a special order for those same six words, etc. etc., etc.

Answer 5

Poetic form refers to various sets of "rules" followed by poems of certain types. The rules may describe such aspects as the rhythm or meter (poetry) of the poem, its rhyme scheme, or its use of alliteration.