Similarities Between Rap And Poetry
I don't understand why people think that rap isn't poetry. Rap is poetry because both rap and poetry use literary devices, both tell a story, and both rap and poetry have a similar structure. For example, a lyric from Eminem rap says, "yap-yap, yackety-yack" this lyric uses alliteration just like how poems use it. Another lyric from Eminem rap says, " Rappers are hungry looking at me like it's lunchtime" in this lyric Eminem uses a simile. These pieces of evidence show that both rap and poetry use similar types of literary devices. Also, both rap and poetry have similar structures. If you were to search up a lyric from a rap song, it would look exactly like a poem. Since both rap and poetry use lines and stanzas. The final reason