What are the characterestics of poetry?

What a broad question!
There are many different characteristics of poetry. The characteristics change based upon the
period from which the poet comes from, the form the poet chooses to write in, the
poetic/literary devices the poet chooses to use, and the rhyme or meter the poet chooses to
depict.

Depending upon what genre you are looking at, one poet within a
movement can differ greatly from another. Not only do poets within a movement differ, poets in
different genres differ greatly as well.

That being said, there are some
characteristics that are typical to many poems.

Poetic devices- Many poets use poetic devices within...