Poetry and airy nothings
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What is the importance does poetry have? Can it teach us more than just plain words can?
Poetry is treated as a form of literature that can tell us more than what reads the eye. But as any school kid would argue, why do we have to analyze and dissect a poem to understand it? Why do poems hide their meanings, and are their meanings even worth while?
So what do you think? Is poetry the lofty and emotional form of philosophy or as Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet simply, "airy nothings"?
So ask the poet, "Why the hell can't you just tell me what you're trying to say!?!"
Poetry is treated as a form of literature that can tell us more than what reads the eye. But as any school kid would argue, why do we have to analyze and dissect a poem to understand it? Why do poems hide their meanings, and are their meanings even worth while?
So what do you think? Is poetry the lofty and emotional form of philosophy or as Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet simply, "airy nothings"?
So ask the poet, "Why the hell can't you just tell me what you're trying to say!?!"
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Imo, poetry is one of the many forms which we can use to show our emotions... think of it as a form of art, only that we paint with words. We can use it to express any feeling possible from love to hate, from happiness to sadness, excitement and boredom, humor, pretty much everything.
Now, poetry is not for everyone and you can like it and come to understand it if you have an attraction towards this sort of things, otherwise no. Some poems are pretty plain (like children poems), others can be quite deep and difficult to understand.
The main reason why many kids and teens resent poetry and literature in general, is because in early, middle and highschool teachers with severely reduced brain activity (imbeciles I like to call them) shove it down their throats: "You learn this shit, wether you like it or not!"
Because of that, I didn't like poetry either, when I was younger. Now, however, I enjoy a good poem or read a good novel every now and then.
Now, poetry is not for everyone and you can like it and come to understand it if you have an attraction towards this sort of things, otherwise no. Some poems are pretty plain (like children poems), others can be quite deep and difficult to understand.
The main reason why many kids and teens resent poetry and literature in general, is because in early, middle and highschool teachers with severely reduced brain activity (imbeciles I like to call them) shove it down their throats: "You learn this shit, wether you like it or not!"
Because of that, I didn't like poetry either, when I was younger. Now, however, I enjoy a good poem or read a good novel every now and then.
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Poetry is the marriage of prose and rhythm, which makes it particularly powerful a tool for either mnemonic devices, or pathos, or both. Good poetry is powerful and striking, and it is neither better nor worse than a piece of prose well-done; it is a complementary genre.
Because teachers are trying to ingrain the little troglodytes with the skill that comes naturally to a person of erudition, intellect and taste: the ability to read between the lines. Since your garden variety protozoa cannot be trusted with this, teachers around the world try to provide the tools to correctly decipher poetry by letting their students exercise line-by-line.
A doomed endeavour, given the average hay-for-brain's intellect.
They don't; they just express them by means of circumlocution, so as to convey additional information that would difficult, impossible, or uninteresting to render by way of prose.
That depends on the poetry.
Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Poetry is treated as a form of literature that can tell us more than what reads the eye. But as any school kid would argue, why do we have to analyze and dissect a poem to understand it?
Because teachers are trying to ingrain the little troglodytes with the skill that comes naturally to a person of erudition, intellect and taste: the ability to read between the lines. Since your garden variety protozoa cannot be trusted with this, teachers around the world try to provide the tools to correctly decipher poetry by letting their students exercise line-by-line.
A doomed endeavour, given the average hay-for-brain's intellect.
Why do poems hide their meanings
They don't; they just express them by means of circumlocution, so as to convey additional information that would difficult, impossible, or uninteresting to render by way of prose.
and are their meanings even worth while?
That depends on the poetry.
So ask the poet, "Why the hell can't you just tell me what you're trying to say!?!"
Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
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As above. Poetry is a means of communicating several levels of meaning, if you like, with the most 'punch' and without loss of fluency; the ambiguity with which this tends to be delivered, regardless of the clarity with which the author might have intended to deliver an idea or comment, lends it to interpretation. That there is the scope to dissect a poem is the beauty of the medium, really; most literature isn't shaped as such to be read differently by different people.
That's not to sound pretentious, because (rather shamefully) poetry is not something I've ever really explored; that is just what I've always gotten from it.
That's not to sound pretentious, because (rather shamefully) poetry is not something I've ever really explored; that is just what I've always gotten from it.
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It's an interesting art form but I wish every time it had been crammed down my throat as something important during school they had been teaching me how to draw or something instead.
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The best poems ever written are just like people you hope to meet: beautiful, well-formed, disciplined, intelligent, wise, elegant, desirous, passionate, honest, full of complex thoughts but simple goals, expressive, admirable, deep, and meaningful. Sometimes you meet people who, when they speak to you, open up worlds of understanding - but you really have to sit down and listen to them, get intimate with them, decipher every word to get the best out of what they're saying. The best poems aim to help you understand the universe and parts of your inner self. Any poem that makes you feel like you are being lied to is just like a person lying to you, and therefore isn't a good poem.
Reading great poetry is an exercise in getting to know people around you. Everyone uses their own unique language and way of conveying sentiment. Everyone has secrets, wisdom, and untold truths. A good reader is a good listener; a good listener understands much about people and the world around him; a man who understands people and the world is at harmony with himself.
Reading great poetry is an exercise in getting to know people around you. Everyone uses their own unique language and way of conveying sentiment. Everyone has secrets, wisdom, and untold truths. A good reader is a good listener; a good listener understands much about people and the world around him; a man who understands people and the world is at harmony with himself.
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And, this is why I write stories instead.
From a writer's standpoint, poetry is exausting. It involves all of the layers, meaning, and emotion that can be put into a good novel/short, it just needs more...flow.
The kind of poetry I'm into is about movement. When they say it conveys a feeling, I need it to CONVEY. The main draw is in the tempo of the writing, and the words used to establish tone.
From a writer's standpoint, poetry is exausting. It involves all of the layers, meaning, and emotion that can be put into a good novel/short, it just needs more...flow.
The kind of poetry I'm into is about movement. When they say it conveys a feeling, I need it to CONVEY. The main draw is in the tempo of the writing, and the words used to establish tone.