Poetry!

I believe poetry has stayed popular over the years because people are always going to want to express themselves. Whether it be in a diary, poem, story, blog or song. When people express these feelings they always want to make them more interesting, so they add elements of poetry like rhyme, rhythym and personification. I believe the most popular forms of poetry today are in song lyrics because I doubt whether you could find anyone that doesn't listen to music. Most people would listen to the radio or CD's on a daily basis. I think poetry takes ordinary stories and expressions and makes them interestying for the readers. For example one of the most popular fields of music these days is rap which is just rhyming words and rhyming words are an element of poetry. Good poetry is susually catchy and stays in our minds. Ispiring poems usually appeal greatly to people as they read them and they feel a change in themselves and their minds go crazy with different thoughts. I mainly enjoy the poetry in song lyrics, in particular rap. These lyrics are extremely catchy and stay in your mind.

One poem that always sticks in my mind is the poem on the back of the toilet door at my Grandparent's house. As there is not much else to do while on the toilet, I always read it. I'm not sure who wrote it but it was entitled "Life is a Flower." There reason it always stick in my mind is because I read it so many times. The poem has six line stanzas and four versus and talks about all the inspiring parts of life and how life is a gift from God.

Dead Poets!!

I think this quotation means poetry is one of those elements in life that we enjoy and actually want to do. If you are not in school you are not forced to write poetry like you are forced to work. I am not quite sure however if I totally agree that poetry should be put alongside beauty, romance and love as a reason why we live. Thats like saying I love the big plays, hard hits and... ...the mowing of the grass in sport. Love, romance and beauty are always going to be on the minds of people everyday but I don't necessarily think poetry is. However poetry is a huge element in some people's lives and this is only my opinion.

I collected two examples of poetry last night for homework. They were both advertisements on television, one was for Nicorette and one was for Mrs Mac's. I believe they were made as poetry as to keep the message catchy and in people's heads. If the adds are played often enough people will remember the tunes and the words so next time they think of a product they need, the certain store will pop up in their head.

Catchyas Next Week!