Poetic Form Response

Dante Gabriel Rossetti's "A Sonnet Is a Moment's Monument" 1st Octet in prose form:

A Sonnet is a picture of a single span of time--
A permanent dedication from the deepest thoughts of the poet
Dedicated to a past time so that it could be kept alive forever.
Whether written to express happiness or to forewarn,
It always is written from the heart, full of feelings and passion.
In whatever shape or form,
As the days and years go by,
People through the decades will still be able to see the beauty and value of the sonnet.

Although I am not a big fan of poems, I still can see that there is a drastic change in the beauty of the poem when it is transformed into prose form. One of the signs of a well written poem is its ability to describe and express huge amounts of emotions, passions, setting, and meanings with just a few simple words. Once I translated Rossetti's sonnet into prose form, it seemed as if the large amount of passion behind the sonnet disappeared. In prose form, anyone can read the poem and understand it and it no longer becomes an art, instead, it seems to be just an ordinary piece of writing. The art of writing a poem is largely in choosing the perfect words to describe each subject, because even when a word similar in meaning is chosen, it does not necessarily possess the power to pursuade or bring to life an idea.