I like poetry because I like singing. I like singing; because I like poetry. A song is like poetry. Some are written for the performance standpoint and others are written for the idea, the challenge. Thinking this way helps me, when I am writing a poem.
This can help your novel as well. Books can have a poetic sense to them. A rhythm and a pace. I think that is what I love so much about poetry, it allows for prestige development; beyond limitations, bringing readers into a plan with a purpose, imagining at the precise moment in time, the order and sequence of events.
Poetry, a pace maker.