Question

The major characteristics of poetry include all of the following except _____.

Answer 1

C. economy of words

poems include stanza and a pattern and have a general main idea that the author is writing about but poetry is not the place for economy of words. it is descriptive, flowery, full of adjectives and adverbs. you just let it flow. it is not edited down just to make sure you said what you could in the fewest words possible

Answer 2

Although I am a poet, I would believe that the least important would be pattern. The economy of words help portray a message with a deeper meaning. The main idea of a poem gives a reader a knowledge of what the poem means to the author. A stanza is a lone used to write the poem, so it is very important. Pattern in poetry isnt always a thing, such as free verse poetry, where it might not rhyme or make much sense if you look at it the wrong way.