Yes it is a poem if it tells a story if it is set out like a poem in verses or lines and not long sentences like in a book. It also could be called a ballad which is a poem that rhymes and tells a...
sometimes
I think it is a Ballad
A poem that tells a story in called a narrative poem. It doesn't have to rhyme.
Yes, narrative poem tells a story and can be about anything it's can be short or long stories.
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