Malcolm X: All I hear is the fear of working hard for something that can enrich you intellectually and emotionally Poetry is the true language of one's culture; many stories and traditions people obtain from their ancestors in different cultures come to us through poetry. However the most amazing thing about poetry is how open it is to creativity and expression. Look at "Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" by William Butler Yeats, it expresses giving your greatest gift,your dreams, to someone you love; while at the same time exploring the idea of how love makes you vulnerable. Such a short poem yet with an enormous message that makes this poem an appropriate ambassador to the relevance and beauty of poetry. I leave you with this in hopes of changing your opinion on poetry, poetry can be expressed in an universally loved way, through music. Here's an example:
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
The Dying Warrior who Fights on: Poetry
Lucio: Today we read a series of poems which made me wonder the importance poetry. Why does it matter, is it because people are hypnotized by a poem's rhythmic nature, or is it because one can hide a message with cryptic words? Lets take the poem "The Colonel" by Carolyn Forche, it is pretty much a highly descriptive story; however it is considered(or for more justice to the author, it is created) as a poem with a deeper meaning then the story on the surface. You see what truly gets me with poetry is that many say certain poems are open to interpretation, but when the author creates this treasure hunt of meaning, there is only the authors intended meaning. So why do we still keep this literary genre?
Malcolm X: All I hear is the fear of working hard for something that can enrich you intellectually and emotionally Poetry is the true language of one's culture; many stories and traditions people obtain from their ancestors in different cultures come to us through poetry. However the most amazing thing about poetry is how open it is to creativity and expression. Look at "Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" by William Butler Yeats, it expresses giving your greatest gift,your dreams, to someone you love; while at the same time exploring the idea of how love makes you vulnerable. Such a short poem yet with an enormous message that makes this poem an appropriate ambassador to the relevance and beauty of poetry. I leave you with this in hopes of changing your opinion on poetry, poetry can be expressed in an universally loved way, through music. Here's an example:
Malcolm X: All I hear is the fear of working hard for something that can enrich you intellectually and emotionally Poetry is the true language of one's culture; many stories and traditions people obtain from their ancestors in different cultures come to us through poetry. However the most amazing thing about poetry is how open it is to creativity and expression. Look at "Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" by William Butler Yeats, it expresses giving your greatest gift,your dreams, to someone you love; while at the same time exploring the idea of how love makes you vulnerable. Such a short poem yet with an enormous message that makes this poem an appropriate ambassador to the relevance and beauty of poetry. I leave you with this in hopes of changing your opinion on poetry, poetry can be expressed in an universally loved way, through music. Here's an example:
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Great blog entries, Lucio. You put your whole heart out there and still manage to write well, too. I like your avatar, Malcolm X. His autobiography is one of my all-time favorite books. I really like your analysis of the two poems, too. Grade of A so far.
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