A eso se llama poema.

Question

I don´t understand why they use a type of phrasing such as ¨A eso se llama poema¨ in Spanish. (The context is a literary discussion and the previous sentence is ¨para mí es un poema.")

The "A eso" is puzzling to me. And I know "Se llama" means "it is called." And there is no "un" before "poema," maybe because "poema" acts like a proper noun here.

Directly translated it says "to that it is called poem." Or maybe, "That is called a poem." But none of it makes sense in English.

Answer 1

Here is the entire thing:

Para mí es un poema. A eso se llama poema. En prosa, si quieres, pero poema.

Answer 2

What word / words come after 'a eso se llama poema' ?

To me , in the context you have put, it means 'a poem that is called..' Therefore i would expect the next words or words to be the name of the poem or something like that.

As for nothing in spanish making literal sense in English, and vice versa, well hence why we're all here, to learn, and it's not easy