Why Do People Read Poetry?
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Why do
people
read
poetry?
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“For poems are not, as people
think, simply emotions (one has emotions early enough)—they
are experiences.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke
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Why do people read poetry?
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For entertainment
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To share in the poet’s experience
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To slow down and think
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Poetry can act as a mirror that we can use to look at ourselves.
We come to realize that other people share our thoughts and feelings…
…that others are like us.
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Poetry is also like an airplane that can carry us to places we have never been, describing things we have never seen…
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…allowing us to gain new insight into the hearts and minds of people who are different from us.
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And, lastly, poetry is like food…
…feeding us when we are hungry.
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I believe the world is beautiful
and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone.
--Roque Dalton
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What others reasons can you think of?
Write them down in your notebook!