Rhyme: Rhyming can help accent key words and ideas. But if rhyme is used too heavily, there is a danger that it becomes sing-song and facile. A nursery-rhyme rather than a poem. Avoiding this whilst still creating effective, “musical” verse is one of the key skill you have to aquire.
You should not feel that a poem has to rhyme and that what they’re creating isn’t poetry if it doesn’t.The requirements of the individual poem in question are all that matter. A poem about discord or confusion, for example, might work best with little rhyme. A poem with a more harmonious theme might work best with stronger rhyming.
I couldn’t exactly tell if I can consider this a “romantic” poem, or if that’s what you had in mind while writing but I can definitely describe it as “sentimental”. Because of the rebellious nature of sentimental poetry, it is common to break away from traditional forms, but this doesn't mean the only appropriate way. When you feel passionately about your subject, it's easy to find yourself thinking about it in a wide-ranging way, making lots of comparisons and associations.Try to build your structure around just one or two, saving others for further poems.
If you use language concisely and effectively, there's no reason why your poem needs to be long ( or repeated ), but the important thing is to make it the right length for your idea. Never pad a poem with tangential material. Keeping it tightly focused will maximise its impact.
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