It is a continual balance of you and your partner's needs. Poetry, by its very nature, makes demands on a writer who attempts to analyze it that other forms of literature do not.
When a poet feels close to someone, a natural response is to write a poem. Even if your poem won't win any literary prizes, the person you present it to will most likely treasure it as if it were composed by one of the great Romantic poets. In order to make a credible argument about the poem, you will want to analyze how the poem works, what genre the poem fits into, what its themes are, and what poetic techniques and figures of speech are used.
Make it rhyme if you want, but don t think too much about it or you won t be able to write it. With a little effort, a few lines can be crafted into ingenious forms of wordplay that can touch a heart and create a laugh all at the same time. This is a celebration of your loved ones life, you shouldn't feel that it is necessary to find poems which are too morbid, if you want something up beat and cheerful then do it.
If you are giving it to read, put in a love card. So take it for what it is worth, and enjoy it.
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