How Do Language Arts Act As Catalysts For Change?

Poetry can sometimes allow one to explore the unknown. However, in some works of poetry, one can realise that some known ideas or values remain relevant to current society. This is certainly applicable to T.S. Eliot’s poems, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Rhapsody on a Windy Night. Eliot’s manipulation of poetic techniques in both these poems allows the responder to realise that some ideas prevail in both modern and post-modern society. These poems explore the unknown phenomena of the obscurity regarding the purpose and meaning of life. This unknown phenomena causes the persona in both texts to resort to a sense of isolation or alienation. Eliot uses poetic techniques such as metaphors and personification to convey his ideas.

Unlike other forms of literature, poetry can be so complex that everyone who reads it may see something different. Two poets who are world renowned for their ability to transform reader’s perceptions with the mere use of words, are TS Eliot and Walt Whitman. “The love song of J Alfred Prufrock” by TS Eliot, tells the story of a man who is in love and contemplating confessing his emotions, but his debilitating fear of rejection stops him from going through with it. This poem skews the reader’s expectations of a love song and takes a critical perspective of love while showing all the damaging emotions that come with it. “Song of myself”, by Walt Whitman provokes a different emotion, one of joy and self-discovery. This poem focuses more on the soul and how it relates to the body. “Song of myself” and “The love song of J Alfred Prufrock” both explore the common theme of how the different perceptions of the soul and body can affect the way the speaker views themselves, others, and the world around them.

Poetry has a role in society, not only to serve as part of the aesthetics or of the arts. It also gives us a view of what the society is in the context of when it was written and what the author is trying to express through words. The words as a tool in poetry may seem ordinary when used in ordinary circumstance. Yet, these words can hold more emotion and thought, however brief it was presented.

Poets, and the poetry they write, are fundamental to the society in which they exist. The Modern poet is no exception. With words as weapons, the poet often challenges the very beliefs that underpin their civilisation and cause their fellow citizens to reflect on the status quo. It is the effectiveness of the literary devices the poet uses that often means the message is felt at a heart level, not just the head. An essay can give a dissertation on an important topic but it is the poet, using anything from personification to onomatopoeia, metaphor to assonance, that creates such

For as long as it can be remembered people have used multiple forms of literature in order to gain knowledge, entertain, and even express a certain idea. Poetry is in fact one of those forms of literature, and before people began to write it, it was known to be told verbally by many. A person would tell a tale and those who listened would memorize it, what eventually caused poetry to spread around. Still to this day, many come to fall in love with the magic poetry possesses. It is the writer’s decision to either have a specific rhythm to it or just have a simple list of words. This essay argues that poetry is a creative way of expressing one's emotions and that it should be, not only preserved, but celebrated, even by those who have not considered themselves poetry fans in the past.

As William Wordsworth once stated, “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in

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.

Language arts can help you in many ways in any career. They help you with many different functions throughout the day. Strong language arts skills show more professionalism in the work place. Language arts can help with writing things properly . Common grammar mistakes are a big issue when writing up resumes, filling out applications or just making notes for your boss. Language arts can help you broaden your vocabulary. With basic language arts skills it will help you when learning new words.

Writing shouldn’t shout ideas or truths at us, it should want to have the ability to be deciphered. Archibald MacLeish’s poem “Ars Poetica” says “A poem should be palpable and mute as a globed fruit,” palpable means the ability to be touched or felt. Writing needs that emotion in order for a reader to listen— the ability to convey feeling while still having meaning. Feeling will drive the reader to

“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”

Poetry allows us to view separate ideas, thoughts, or concepts in several various ways. The specific way any poem is written can inscribe a sense of joy, sadness, or even frustration within the reader. As Stephen Burt is able to describe, the way any given person conveys any written or spoken language comes across differently from person to person. In fact, the patterns of words, imagery, or rhyme, can greatly affect the course of certain poem and how others decided to view the poem. Additionally, the perception of any written work can differ between people due to one person’s past or structured ideals. There are several reasons one may write poetry, according to Burt, whether it is to express one’s anger with the world’s current society, to

poem is not merely a static, decorative creation, but that it is an act of communication between the poet and

“Poets make very specific language choices when composing poetry and these are intended to have a specific effect on the reader and meaning.”

As soon as the chant starts, “the mortal embodiment of infinite sorrow” breaks. That is, the chant signals to the mourners that it is time to release the sorrow that they have been trying to suppress up until this point, and they do so not individually but as a community. Here, music is acting as an agent that resolves a discrepancy between thought and feeling; it lets the characters know that it is now appropriate to stop fighting their emotions with their intellect, to let their emotions out and allow their thoughts to follow. In other words, the music is an intellectual cue for an emotional release. The preacher then uses the same rhythm as the hymn to further this effect, using repetitions (which are also a vital part of music) until the “effect rocked the entire company” (19).

This essay examines the effects that poetry has on society, both socially and politically. Poetry has been around for centuries, and it is a common misconception that it serves no purpose. One critic in particular, W.H Auden claimed, “poetry makes nothing happen”. However poetry awakens the reader’s eyes and gives an insight to the society in which we live in today, and which has been before us. As evident in Ezra Pound’s work, as he explored the use of imagism to critique modernism and twentieth century, forcing the readers to think more about society as a whole. The purpose of this essay is to show that poetry does make something happen and can have instrumental effects on society, whether it is a poet critiquing society, or simply providing another interpretation. Poetry is a code than needs to be cracked, it is a riddle that makes the reader bring out their true creativity, which is why I disagree with W.H Auden in saying, “poetry makes nothing happen.”