1. Analysis
2. Structuralist theory of poetry
2.1. central distinction
2.1.1. paradigmatic relation
2.1.1.1. equivalence
2.1.1.2. similarity
2.1.2. syntagmatic relation
2.1.2.1. contiguity
2.1.2.2. combination
2.2. poem as ultra-complex structure
2.2.1. poetic function of language
2.2.1.1. imposition of equivalence on combination
2.2.1.1.1. Roman Jacobson
2.2.1.2. linguistic structure foregrounded
2.2.2. manifest on different linguistic levels
2.2.2.1. phonological
2.2.2.2. morphological
2.2.2.3. syntactic
2.2.2.4. semantic
2.2.3. manifest in its external form
2.2.3.1. lines
2.2.3.2. stanzas
3. Characteristics
3.1. condensation
3.1.1. brevity
3.1.2. density
3.1.3. reduction of the topic
3.2. subjectivity
3.3. musicality
3.4. complexity
3.4.1. phonological
3.4.1.1. sound
3.4.1.1.1. rhyme
3.4.1.2. meter
3.4.1.3. rhythm
3.4.2. morphological
3.4.2.1. words
3.4.2.1.1. formation
3.4.2.1.2. repetition
3.4.3. syntactic
3.4.3.1. parallelism
3.4.4. semantic
3.4.4.1. imagery