Why poets use metaphor, free verse, connotations and all these sound qualities in their poems?

Question

Why poets use the rhymes and metaphors and other sound qualities in their poems? What it might add to the meaning of the poem?

Answer 1

u are asking about the an important difference between poetry and prose... these things are what make poetry "poetry"...

to use the rhyme is to reflect the rhythm of a heart like the music of the song , music as well as rhym represent and stand for a feeling that is only sensed by those love poetry

Answer 2

It makes the poem interesting and breathes life into it