FREE ESSAY ON POETRY RESEARCH PAPER

POETRY RESEARCH PAPER

Poetry can both broaden and intesify an experience9...0 it can also illuminate, clarify,
and deepen an occurence in a way a reader never considered.9...0poetry communicates
expereince by appealing to both the thoughts and feelings of its reader.Poetry demands
total response from the individual-all the intellect, senses, emotion, and imaginaTION.
(CL)
All poetry, however, has an attitude, values the human condition, expresses a central
idea (theme), and may use symbols or sound repetition to call attention to thematically
important words. 
Imagery: Language that appeals to the senses.
Poetry draws on many kinds of language magic. The imagery of a poem involves direct
sensory images of sight, sound, touch, smell, or taste.(...) because most [people] are
visual-minded, they respond readily to the picture-making quality of poetry.(CL)
becSimile: A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things
by using a connective word such as, like, as, than, or resembles.
ause the language of poetry is so compressed, every word must be made to convey the
meaning of the poem.(CL)
Personification: A kind