what does poetry do for us?

Question

what does it mean to us? how do we benefit? original answers only please!!!

really think hard before answering this one

Answer 1

If you took the art from poetry, it would simply be a word puzzle... not even as complicated as a crossword (after all, some poems don't rhyme or even have much of a meter!). So let's look at art for a moment:

Art is a type of communication. Unlike prose and other simpler recording mechanisms, the point of art is usually to provoke an emotional response in the audience. Because emotional experiences are so varied and often in response to a variety of non-emotional physical datum, art itself is equally varied. Some is accessible, some obscure, and most art is of relative and subjective value, depending of course, on its specific evocative capability.

Most humans have an interest in art and often at least dabble in one or two forms of expression. Some people have a lot more to say in that context than others, and, as with any skill, most people can learn to produce art better with training and time. There is a general agreement on some types or works of art that are considered to be of particularly good quality, which also suggests that there are qualities possessed in art which are not entirely subjective, even if there are often subjective elements present.

I think it's unsurprising that word games like poems would find a lot of artistic purchase. Words have a sound to them, lending them to the same harmony and discord that a piece of music does. But where music can only have implied or associative meaning, each word can have many meanings that slide around each other in curious ways. Words, then, have a near-mystical power to create images that rival those of the best movies, and yet also be vague, mysterious, and obscure in ways that movies seldom are.

Poems therefore are almost infinitely pliable and seductive in their apparent ease. I cannot forsee a world without poetry unless there was simply no language whatsoever (poor telepaths).

Answer 2

Poetry often uses particular forms and conventions to expand the literal meaning of the words, or to invoke emotional or sensual responses. Devices such as assonance, alliteration and rhythm are sometimes used to achieve musical or incantatory effects. Poetry's use of ambiguity, symbolism, irony and other stylistic elements of poetic diction often leaves a poem open to multiple interpretations. Similarly, metaphor and simile create a resonance between otherwise disparate images—a layering of meanings, forming connections previously not perceived.

poetry means alot to us it is our unique feeling or an emotional response to an event or occasion; perhaps, the poem describes a passionate moment. Other times, the poet is more reflective, trying to make sense of an experience and applying it to a broader field of life. Almost always, you will feel the pulse of a deep river of feeling.
and we only benefit from poetry if it is honest and direct, an emotional outpouring from the poet's heart. A poem is not intended to impress you with its erudition or cleverness, so you won't find an elaborate construction of intellectual or poetic conceits. Rather, the poem appears spontaneous, very human, even conversational.

Answer 3

Poetry can help us to be aware of the changes that are otherwise not noticed, changes in our world.

How do we benefit?

It is the arts that questions and science that answers.

Whenever we build with the bricks of knowledge that science offers, it is the arts that serves as gravity, bringing us back down to earth, forcing us to build upon new found knowledge and the old with a discerning mind and heart, should the building of knowledge collapse.

Poetry, expresses words in a song unsung.

It can reach the ears of our hearts, so that we may discern with wisdom and not just with logic.

How do we benefit? Actually I can't be sure, because I don't have the answer with me, I gave it away.

Answer 4

I was initially confused by "original answers only please" but I GET IT.

I've been a writer/poet most of my life, and for me, personally it's a way to express. Certainly I can articulate in voice to an ear, but to write, for me, is a passion, and at times a very deep spiritual experience, in that I can "express" in far more detail, or open thought, unhindered by RULES, when I write.

Benefits is a subjective, relative word for everyone. Some get littel out of poetry, some live enthralled with the flow of it,,,as well as someones Very "personal" message.

"Love is,,,even when it seems it isn't" is a line, a quote, of mine,,, and very narrowly directed at the one I love, but stands for a general sense of LOVE existing, no matter. It can also be considered "poetic"

Rev. Steven

Answer 5

It tells the truth about nature and the human condition (about love, despair, life, death, whatever the subject may be). Encapsulates the truth in a vivid, eloquent & often profound way that most people would never have thought of saying. It captures a moment & keeps it alive for the reader forever. It, like all art, lifts us out of ourselves. It is divine, inspiring, meaningful. Unexpected, magical, inventive, poetry shows us the beauty and vulnerability in ourselves, our lives and the world. Without poetry it would be a meaningless, colourless world.

Answer 6

What Can Poetry Do

Answer 7

Good poetry can express truths that are beyond the realm of everyday language. The metaphors and rhythms of poetry are closer to the way we actually experience the world than our common language, and so poetry is a valuable tool for us to communicate and understand our true feelings and experiences in life.

Answer 8

Poetry is water for the soul
A release of our emotion in artistic form
touches people hearts because its the deepest for of expression
so complex no two poems alike its refreshing
a way to release stress ans express your best
its rare and bare like soft naked skin
beautiful display and a entertaining gesture
poetry is our mind out to share..WITH The world

Answer 9

I used to write a lot of poetry when i was a teen, it blew off steam and i put my feelings into the poetry. I write my best when I'm depressed. So most of my poetry wasn't very happy but it still turned out pretty good.

Answer 10

Poems are not unlike paintings in a museum.
There is something artful about the words that are said, just like the artist selects color.
There is something meaningful within the words, just like there is meaning behind the picture...the artist is conveying something.
The poem is true art because beyond the artist and poet, we make meaning in the words...we walk away with our own understandings...perhaps memories are envoked...and we have our own experience with in the lines just like we would in a canvas.