by Danna Martínez
For many, poetry has become a meaningful way of expression. Poetry lets people’s feelings be free, described, and have a voice.
The term poetry comes from the ancient Greek word poiesis. This word initially refers to the action of creating, fabricating, and composing. Poetry is a literary genre. It has become characterized by being the most refined expression of ideas and emotions. Poetry is also categorized as art through words.
People around the world have found a way to express themselves through poetry. People can communicate and manifest their thoughts, ideas, interests, and emotions. Poetry is a space for pondering. Moreover, it is generally known for being passionate.
Poetry involves many aspects of language. It is based on the words and rhythms interaction. Over time, human beings have replicated in poetry the beauty, love, life, death, and even the world beyond death.
There are essential elements in the narrative that are essential in poetry as well. Some of them are voice, images, sound, rhythm, and structure. Furthermore, poetry leads to the imagination in people’s minds. They can be on a ponder space in which all ideas are welcome.
Poetry is relative. Generally, the poet’s complexity, particularity, and abstracts are reflected in their writings. Here are two of the most acclaimed poems:
The Red Wheelbarrow
by William Carlos Williams
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens
Dreams
by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
For many, poetry saved the world. Some people consider poetry a hero because it did not allow people to drown in their own thoughts. As some poets would say, it was a light at the end of the tunnel. Here are some of the most influential poets over time:
Homer. (Ancient Greece).
William Shakespeare. (United Kingdom)
John Keats. (United Kingdom)
Edgar Allan Poe. (United States)
Pablo Neruda (Chile)
José Angel Buesa (Cuba)
Francisco de Quevedo (España)
Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia)
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