Friday, May 15, 2015

Observations and Opinions on Poetry

Poetry is commonly thought of as elegant but out of style.  It is found in a common classroom being taught in school or in books that elders read, geniuses study, and the emotional write.  The average person today doesn't explore poetry in books that she reads on her spare time because there is no time or need to work so hard and enjoy the true message behind the poetic patterns of words.  Popular media today such as many novels, the news, movies, and more do not require work to understand the message or meaning behind the jumbles of words.  Poems today are like the crossword puzzles in the newspaper; few people have any more time to decode the poem or enjoy the new wonderful sights and emotions by just a few words on a paper.

If people today had more time to enjoy a poem, they would realize it's unmistakeable beauty in its imagery or allow it to replay in their heads with the rhythm guiding the each line along.  Poems are like popular media today because each form of expression has a message to be shared.  The difference between poems and a majority of media today that includes prose is that authors of poetry purposefully choose each word with a specific meaning as if he were a painter using the end of his paintbrush and defining the detail.  A poem is special or valuable because it has the possibility to connect or familiarize itself with the reader through not only the message but also imagery, rhythm, format, similes, metaphors, and more details that the poet paints with the words on the tip of his paint brush.

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