Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The Value of Poetry
There are many advantages from learning about poetry. It can help someone to look at certain issues in a different way than they would maybe initially think of. For example, poetry causes people to think more about the subject, leading to different ideas and opinions. Poetry can express emotions in ways that may not be possible other ways. An example of this is: if something can't be bluntly said, it can be said through metaphors. Poetry also helps overall understanding of the English language through figurative language used. Due to these advantages, poetry is important. Everyone should learn about poetry at least once, but if poetry is forced upon someone more than needed, that person will learn to dislike anything to do with it. Poetry should be learned and appreciated in moderation.
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I completely agree with you! I think that many times the topic of poetry is forced upon students and so the students do not appreciate it. Also, I agree with what you said about how poetry is unique in the way that it can express feelings through metaphors and figurative language. Also, I think that sound devices make poems unique and fun to read, although they sometimes get in the way with what the poet means to say.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your statement "Poetry should be learned in moderation." Why I really enjoy that statement so much is because i think that poetry is fabulous to learn because it can help with figurative language and expressing feelings, but we learn it every year! We have learned about poetry almost every year for the past 6 years. Yes there is some new information to learn, but after years it becomes redundant and not interesting. That is why i think people should learn poetry once or twice. not 5 years in a row.
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