Is Poetry Dead

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Is Poetry Dead? Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things. T. S. Eliot To say that poetry is dead is quite similar to saying art can die. It is a detrimental problem that this specific form of art (poetry) has more creators than admirers. The question as to whether it is still valued or even relevant to today’s society remains. But I will so boldly argue this point: REVOLUTION. Stories at a point in time were merely pictures etched into pieces of granite. But soon an evolution began; these pictures became words, plays, and later on movies. Art can be compared to technology in terms of advancement. Lighting a fire on a stack of wood does not seem so technically advanced when compared to what society has at hands. Poetry is merely a form of entertainment. If you are no longer getting stories from scratches in rock, what makes you think poetry would stay the same. Could poetry die? No. Poetry simply needs to be revolutionized. Changed in a way that makes it modern; makes it worth reading. But this revolution of poetry has already begun. Please suppress your surprise. Lisa Ann Sandell author of Song Of The Sparrow wrote her book completely in poetic/lyrical form. One could say that her novel is an epic poem. Books written in verse have been quite successful when published, excepcially in the Young Adult realm. They are easy to read and tend to take up less of the readers time. The style of writing in verse adds a rhythm that cannot be matched. Referring to Song of The Sparrow its reviews online have been beyond positive, gaining four stars on goodread.com, even five on rottentomatoes.com. I personally have read it several times. If more novels

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