April 24th, 2008An Introduction to Poetry
Poetry dates all the way back to the beginnings of Humanity. People have always been questioning Nature, and the day-to-day existence of themselves and other humans — love, death, survival, war, injustice, and the universe are all examples of things that have been questioned by men and woman since the roots of human existence. Whether in nursery rhyme, ballad, jingle, rhyme, anthem, or music, people have found poetry to be an outlet for expressing these questions, sensations, and experiences.
Some examples of people who know the value of verse to there advantage are advertisers, political campaign managers, and people who cheer at sports. They use verse to catch on, arouse enthusiasm, stimulate the imagination, and get into your memory. Some verses learned at home, school, or in the library even become life-long parts of our lives.
However, despite it’s global appeal over the centuries, today’s poetry is isn’t the most popular of literary genres. People often associate it with strict rhyming patterns, complicated vocabulary, hidden iconic meanings, and difficult rhythmical conventions. Poetry is even taught in school to be an intricate, complicated, inexplicable puzzle. True, poetry is difficult. Sure, it can be harder to understand than prose. However, that is only because sometimes it is involved with your inescapable complexities and uncertainties of your existence. However, many poems are simple to read, interpret, and understand.
Poems are all different. Reading or writing a new poem is like meeting a new person — it is the experience that makes all the effort throwing into it worth your time.
