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
rap is poetry is because both rap and poetry tell a story. Eminem's rap, " lose yourself", tells a story about a personal experience in a rap battle, narrative poems also tell a story. This evidence shows that both rap and poetry tell stories. People may argue that rap isn't poetry because they don't sound similar. However, if you took out the beats in a rap song and said the lyric in a slower pace, the rap would sound exactly like a poem. These are some of the reasons why rap is poetry.