The Art of Poetry -- the ways the poet brings his craft into practice. ~ Literary Hunt

Poetry

The poet has been worshiped, respected, hated, disliked, or overlooked at different times in history. But people have managed to keep on writing and reading poetry all the time. Why does poetry have that universal appeal?

Of course, poetry is one type of literature; and, to put it clearly, literature is the representation and interpretation of human experience in substantive language. In this blog series, we will look at some of the different characteristics that differentiate poetry from general-quality literature that tend to justify its unique appeal, not only to readers but also to those authors who see incentives for greater strength of expression in the literary genre than is possible in other types of prose.

First of all, poetry has its own very own form. Words are the stones of the artist, whom he "builds" a poem with. Like other authors, he will concern himself with the meaning of each word; yet the poet uses words for more than their commonly agreed meanings. He picks them for their unique meanings, and also for how they look and sound. He arranges them to appropriate trends above all others.

It is also the topic of poetry that sets it apart. An explicit definition of an object— an automobile, say, or a house — is still possible to compose, but a poem can do something more: it seeks to describe the inner essence of an entity or an experience. So the more significant so profound the experience-for instance, a profoundly feeling experience of beauty or passion-the more it is poetic fuel.

Those themes are so fundamental that their presentation in poetry usually has a tremendous appeal for humanity. In this blog series, we'll find some of the ways the poet brings his craft into practice.

The Art of Poetry -- the ways the poet brings his craft into practice.

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