Sometimes
people are interested in poetry and sometimes they’re not. The interest or lack
of interest can be found in both the reading and writing aspect. It’s a shame more people aren’t interested in
poetry. Following are some of the
benefits to both reading and writing poems.
Reading
poetry allows people to relax and learn new things. It can help with recognizing emotions within
one’s self and make the readers notice emotions in others better. Sometimes reading poetry makes people feel
smarter, allowing them to get correct answers on quiz shows like Jeopardy. Sometimes new words are found, and that also
helps to better the mind. After looking
at some poems, one may find that they describe things better when in normal
conversation. If people want to learn
many new things, they may go a step further and read about the author. This can help with learning some historical
facts that were previously unknown to the reader. Another benefit of reading poetry is that it
can be therapeutic since it allows one to concentrate which can be a form of
meditation. With so many benefits of
reading poetry, I’m not sure why people don’t necessarily like doing it, I find
it wonderful. I highly recommend reading
about different subjects so that at least new things can be learned.
For
some people, like me, writing poetry is also relaxing. For others, it can be stressful. However, writing poetry has many of the same
benefits of reading poetry. When coming
up with ideas, new things often present themselves to writers. New words are thought up and discovered. Writing about emotions really helps authors
know emotions in others. Reading about
authors can help the creator of a poem not only enhance their learning, but
allow the aspiring poet to come up with new inspiration. There are some other added benefits to
writing poetry that people may not necessarily get if they are only reading it.
Writing is definitely a creative outlet.
Completing a poem can be an ego boost once the person writing it
realizes their creativity has helped them make a new creation. Creating something worthwhile makes a person
feel proud of themselves. If a poem is
written in a certain style, skills other than writing may be used. The most obvious one is coming up with a
rhyme scheme. Other skills may be used
as well though, for example; math skills.
Syllables, lines, and stanza may need to be counted. Especially if something like a sonnet or
haiku is being written. There are
obviously many benefits to writing poetry.
For
some, writing comes hard, and it is not relaxing to them. It causes stress, which is
counterproductive. If this is the case,
there is no shame in avoiding writing.
Reading poetry is relatively simple though, so there really is no excuse
to avoid reading it. Both writing and
reading poems can allow people to find relaxation and learn many new skills
like learning new words and new information.
Poetry is clearly beneficial.
