Poetry

One of these many places is through public speaking. Public speaking uses eloquent words and acts as a sort of free verse poem that can distinguish the language skills of a speaker. The poetic speeches act to use the emotions of people to convey a message, which is the same action and effect of poetry. Another place that poetry is commonly found today is in music. Many of the fundamental elements of poetry are used often in musical lyrics. The use of a rhyme scheme is almost always used and gives a song a more catchy quality. Also, the use of lyrical rhythm gives a song a poetic quality that can cause an effect that emphasizes the unique aspects of that song. These are some of the many places we can find poetry today.

Poetry, in its traditional form, is not as popular or as important to people as it once was. People are more interested in reading short stories or novels because they are easier to understand and require much less literary depth and intelligence to understand. Often people find it hard to understand the common use of symbolism in a poem so they do not see the message the poet is trying to convey. Although poetry is common looked at as overrated and unimportant, it plays a major role in today's society. As stated in the previous essay, public speaking and music both rely on aspects of poetry to be successful and effective. Personally, I believe that poetry is still seen as important and even entertaining in the minds of intelligent people, but seeing as most members of our community don't hold up to these intellectual standards, it is overlooked and forgotten.

Walt Whitman once said, “IF you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.” This quote demonstrates Whitman's belief in his part in the existentialism of the world. My interpretation is that he believes that impact will leave a mark on the world that will help shape the future, and begin to make the world become what it will be.

On the other hand, Emily Dickinson said, “this is my letter to the world that never wrote to me”. This quote seems to show that Dickinson found the world unfair and harsh. Also it seems like she was waiting for something owed to her but it never came.