Originally Posted by One Man Band

You may think of rap as a form of poetry, but in reality it isnt. Thats fact. Rap is very similar to poetry, but it just isnt poetry. Its the furthest type of music from poetry, when you think about it.

Anyway, anything could be considered poetry these days. They are even classifying some prose as poetry. But no matter how you look at it, poetry is poetry, and rap is rap. Poetry originated a long time ago... A very long time ago... rap is still very young. The first MCs didnt think to themselves "Hey, lets say some poetry out aloud in a very emotional and vibrant way while this DJ is doing his thing." They just talked over a beat, said it so it flowed, and made it rhyme.

You can rap poetically, but that doesnt mean rap is poetry. You could write a novel poetically... Doesnt make that novel poetry.