Poetry vs fiction

[LORDofHVGC]

Whats your opinion on why some writers choose poetry instead of fiction or autobiography when writing about their experiences? What can poetry offer an artist that other genres don't?

[Danik 2016]

I don´t feel it is a matter of what an genre can offer, but in which genre an author feels he/she can express himself/herself best. Poetry and prose demand different abilities. Autobiography is usually a form of nonfictional prose. Many authors write poetry as well as fiction and nonfiction, autobiographical or not.

[Dreamwoven]

There is a close relationship between poetry and rhythm. Some poems can almost be sung...See the Wikipedia item on Rhythm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm).

[Adonais]

I don't see a dividing line between the two. Poetry can be fiction. What do you think Paradise Lost is?