I believe poetry
does matter. Where would we be without it? Poetry is used every day whether we
know it or not. From songs that you hear on the radio to that cute poem your
sweetheart wrote for you. It’s all around us. When we can’t think of the right
words to say poetry can come into play, especially in a movie. Such as in Patch
Adams, when he is at his friends funeral and he finishes the poem he didn't finish
when she was alive. And in Blind Side, when Michael Orr can’t think of anything
to write about and hones in on “The charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Lord
Tennyson. Another would be “The Raven” written by Edgar Allan Poe. This is
about Poe’s poetry and how a murder is using those poems to kill certain people.
And of course in our everyday TV shows
like Family Guy, when Stewie makes up a poem about a “squiggly line” he sees in
his eye. I agree with the fact that people tend to read more literature than poetry.
This could be because the newspaper has been replaced with Sudoku puzzles and
reporters opinions instead of the facts. Because this has happened I believe that
when people hear the word poetry they shudder with dread due to the torture of
that one bad English teacher in high school and we never see the true beauty of
it.
Also, on The Bling Side Michael, wrote a poem that he threw away; his English teacher read it to her co-workers. it was named white walls or something.
ReplyDeleteI'm interested in your theory about Sudoku. I do think we have all sorts of ways to distract ourselves that are simply easier and more mindless (or perhaps that utilize the brain in a different way) than reading poetry.
ReplyDeleteI like how you mention that poetry is found all around us whether we see it or not.
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