Stereotypes In Poetry

Poetry in some way, shape or form, gives realistic ideas to even objects that reflect upon a part of life by using symbolism and personification.

When thinking of literature a person can never leave out poetry. Poetry is defined as “writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm”. And even though there are many people who dislike poetry, maybe because they have a hard time comprehending what the author is saying, this form of writing is very important to the writing world and without it we would probably view writing very differently. Poetry allows our brains to think more creatively. This is because the author never says exactly what they mean in a poem, which makes the reader think more deeply and create their own interpretation of the poem. Poem’s

Poetry allows for individuals to express themselves creatively through language and emotion. Kelly J. Mays describes in The Norton Introduction to Literature, that poetry is patterned arrangements of language to generate “rhythm” and thereby expressing and evoking specific “emotions” or “feelings” (847). When viewing “I wondered lonely as a cloud” by William Wordsworth and “Divorce” by Billy Collins it is plain to see that both writers were introducing their readers to their emotional status of the settings, theme and tone of their writings. Although different in the feelings and emotions, both authors inflict an emotional arousal to the reader.

It is argued that poetry is boring, it is sometimes described as a useless topic that should burn in hell. But whoever thinks that haven’t seen the purpose of poetry. Poetry is believed the best medium to express emotions especially sorrow. Adversity is one of the hardest and sometimes the most sorrowful emotions that exist. This makes adversity the perfect topic of a poem. Poetry it is a compelling way for people to communicate about overcoming difficult life circumstances. I will use two poems to prove this, ‘The rose that grew from the concrete’ by Tupac Shakur and “The Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou.

Stereotypes run rampant in the literary world today. It is much easier to write a stereotypical character because of the reader expects them to act or respond a certain way and does not require an explanation of their motivation. But much like Chimamanda Adichie warns, “Show a people as only one thing over and over again, and that is what they become” (Adichie 00:09:25-00:09:37). But this issue is often addressed in reference to the protagonist. The hero is always white; the hero is always attractive. The hero never disserves to suffer. Single stories do not just refer to the physical characteristics of the character, though in can and often does. The heroes all tend to look the same so we associate goodness with that specific physical description, but motivations can be just as misleading. All the heroes do good things because they lived the same experiences, so these experiences make someone good. Also society remains so focused on the single story surrounding the protagonist, it often forgets the other main component of a story, the antagonist. But by dissecting the possible motivations for the villains, as my adaption does, I hope to explore the different avenues to villainy and in turn disrupt their single story.

Poetry is about the emotions or feeling of a person. Poetry always follows a rhythm to keep the poem organized. The words used in poetry are always specific whether they are good or bad words. People may decide to write poetry because they can freely choose their own words without caring about the reader’s reaction. Although, Poetry is mostly interesting to read, it can sometimes end up being a shock to the readers.

In today’s modern view, poetry has become more than just paragraphs that rhyme at the end of each sentence. If the reader has an open mind and the ability to read in between the lines, they discover more than they have bargained for. Some poems might have stories of suffering or abuse, while others contain happy times and great joy. Regardless of what the poems contains, all poems display an expression. That very moment when the writer begins his mental journey with that pen and paper is where all feelings are let out. As poetry is continues to be written, the reader begins to see patterns within each poem. On the other hand, poems have nothing at all in common with one another. A good example of this is in two poems by a famous writer by

A young girl walks through the halls of her high school, clutching a book to her stomach as if it were a shield, her hair falling in her face blocking most of her vision except what was in front of her. She kept her head down. She climbs the stairs one by one, the world turns into a blur as she sees her tormentor standing at the top of the staircase. It’s already too late to turn around and go back, they’ve already seen her. Hands grab at her book, and she is pulled away from the swarm of students. Without warning she is shoved, tumbling backwards. Her head meets a metal bar, her wrist gets caught in the railing, the weight of her body tugging on it until it snaps out of place. She slides down the rest of the steps, pain erupting her. Something skids

Many people think that poetry is a beautiful thing to either listen to or even write about. Personally, I don’t like to write poetry because I believe that it is very boring. It is just not that interesting to me at all personally. I love to write anything from short stories to essays, but I do not like to read and write poetry. The one and only thing I enjoy and like about poetry is listening to someone who is really good at writing poetry and reading it aloud to people.

Every thought that a human being has is flooded with emotion. An emotion is a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others. You can’t simply think without pulling your emotions into your thought process. There are four basic emotions with hundreds of sub emotions that come off of them. Humans are hardwired to feel every single one of those emotions. They are coursing through our brain every moment. Poetry is little lines of pure emotion. When a reader reads and understands these lines, it is like peering into the author's soul.

Poems are the most simplistic way to express one’s feelings and beliefs through writing. Poets mostly try express love, loss, death, some may speak from their own experience or for the sake of their characters who tend to be quite sophisticated. They tend to write about these 3 topics commonly due to the fact that practically everyone has experienced this sort of emotion. Poetry has existed since man could write, to Aristotle, to Victorian times and now to the present day where it is internationally used. Poems are now used to promote movements for the benefit of the world, varying from poverty to the sustainability of the environment; of which most have been successful due to poetry being able to connect with the reader, even if they are not in the same situation. However they are still able to feel what their character is feeling and what state of mind they are in. Poems also tend to be short so that the reader does not loose concentration nor loose the power of the poem, but instead the poet chooses to write to a short limithowever they choose their words carefully so that the reader will be intrigued and contemplated the whole way through the poem however leave the poembeing fascinated.

People are drawn to poetry because it uses words to express emotions that most people

The room begins to fill with a light white liquid and swallows you and that person, completely absorbing all the hurt and pain you are feeling. The tears that are flowing from the person vanish and you are being cleansed on the inside. Your negative emotions are absorbed and what is left is pure joy and care. The liquid then vanishes with what it's absorbed. You then reach over to embrace this person with a hug, which helps to open yourself to more. You feel all the layers of joy heating up and surfacing. You look at your hands. They are starting to glow with a shade of a violet, you hold the hand of that person. Stay with these feelings as they surface and build up. Concentrate this light into your hand. The violet light in your hands then transforms into a green healing light. Visualize this green light surrounding the person in front of you and healing all layers of his or her soul. The green light dims back into your body and that person embraces you. The lights in the house turn back

I was in my bed resting being watched by a hospice nurse as part of my twenty-four-hour watch. Someone was walking through the door and it was Mitch. I felt such happiness every time I saw him it meant a new lesson to talk about, but this time it would be our final goodbye. Mitch walked in smiling and I just looked pale and weak on the bed. I struggled taken my hands from under the sheets and I placed them in Mitch's hands.

My mother passed away in my arms; touching and holding her hand was healing for me. I held her hand and stroked her warm arm as her last breath eased