Yes, both are very clearly poems with set rhythms and rhymes. They're epic poems, very long, but at their core still works of poetry rather than prose.
Beowulf and Paradise Lost actually don't rhyme too much, instead favoring alliterative verse and blank verse respectively. I think part of the issue is that people generally learn strict conceptions of poetry due to how it's reproduced in schools and children's media. Basically "poetry=rhymes, everything else is prose", so when works outside that understanding (especially older ones) come up there's a bit of a disconnect
Yes, both are very clearly poems with set rhythms and rhymes. They're epic poems, very long, but at their core still works of poetry rather than prose.
Beowulf and Paradise Lost actually don't rhyme too much, instead favoring alliterative verse and blank verse respectively. I think part of the issue is that people generally learn strict conceptions of poetry due to how it's reproduced in schools and children's media. Basically "poetry=rhymes, everything else is prose", so when works outside that understanding (especially older ones) come up there's a bit of a disconnect
Paradise Lost doesn't rhyme because Milton looked down on rhyme
This. It's just you have to zoom out further to better see the flow and rhymes.