5 Reasons to Title a Poem

Extended reasons and handy infographic on this video's blog:

Titles can be one of the most overlooked things in the poem. Many writers exert great effort on a poem and then slap on a title with any rudimentary or general name "just because a poem needs one."

Titles are actually essential to a good poem and could implicitly captivate its reader. A title could do that as well as other things. Continue to watch to find out!

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[nathanmunroe]

You missed the most crucial reason for naming your poem. A title can be an early start of a rhetorical question in a poem. It can also have a reference towards a great literary work.

[Duwiisvoice]

Sounds right thank you! I was really confused because I thought if I don’t it will make the poem more open and mean more than one thing to let readers use their imagination when reading but now, I think I should write them.

[PaliSuttas]

Neither Michelangelo or Fernando Pessoa titled their poems. Just sayin'. :)