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The different between song and poem are that poems express a theme using elements such as imagery, rhythm, and sound but don’t need instrumentation. A song also expresses a message or theme but is usually accompanied by instrumentation and is dependent on a regular rhythm. The main difference is that a poem is not set to music, while a song is. Similarities are that both are usually divided up into lines. Both can make use of repeated choruses, rhyme, and any number of phonetic techniques to create a sense of rhythm, even though none of these are necessary. Poems and song lyrics are often compared to each other, to no one’s surprise. After all, the two forms borrow from each other on a consistent basis.