How Poetry Can Ride The Bus

In her writing, Nye has used personification, the act of using human characteristics to describe an object, in order to inform the reader that poems are “hiding”. An example of this is found on lines 8 to 10, and it reads, “So I’ll tell you a secret instead: / poems hide. In the bottoms of our shoes, / they are sleeping.” (Nye). This helps the reader understand that poems lurk in unexpected places, and are waiting to be found. Once discovered, one has to keep an open mind, and let the inspiration wash over them like a wave. Where they look depends on how they perceive the area, and an example of this is that one person may be daring and want to climb a mountain and may find a poem hanging at the top. However one may take a walk in the park and find inspiration in the trees. Using personification, Nye informs the reader that poems can be found anywhere, determined by one’s outlook on

Furthermore, poetry, and the personification of poetry, conversations with old friends and family, should not need a special occasion, rather it should “ride the bus” with patience for the stops before your own and the understanding of other’s needs before your own (line 13). You can also say the bus can represent the speed at which life passes you by and how easy it is to miss something if you are not paying attention, or even, that these missed moments have a poem to help you along your long journey home. With the use of

Billy Collins, the writer of the metaphorical poem “Introduction of Poetry”, guides the audience to interpret poetry rather than just reading poetry. Billy Collins, a teacher, wrote the poem to encourage students to dig for the greater meaning of a poem, rather than reading the black ink. Instead of visualizing and experiencing a poem, Collins fears that students only try to dissect poems. Throughout the poem, Billy Collins uses metaphors to focus the reader to react in imaginative ways and declares his love for poetry through imagery.

The poem suddenly becomes much darker in the last stanza and a Billy Collins explains how teachers, students or general readers of poetry ‘torture’ a poem by being what he believes is cruelly analytical. He says, “all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it”. Here, the poem is being personified yet again and this brings about an almost human connection between the reader and the poem. This use of personification is effective as it makes the

Billy Collins uses dark rooms, oceans, hives, color slides and mouse mazes to describe his poem “Introduction to Poetry”, but also a way to analyze poetry in general. Growing up, students are advised by teachers how to analyze poetry. The speaker of Introduction to Poetry, Billy Collins, attempts to guide the readers by teaching them a unique and appropriate way to analyze poetry. The use of personification and imagery, by the author, gives the readers a new perspective to interpret and find the significance in poetry. In this particular poem, the speaker does not want the reader to listen to the teachers of the reader’s past, “tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a

“No poem has ever entered a reader’s life without an invitation; no poem has the power to force the door open. No one is going to read your poem just because it’s there (Kooser 22).” Kosser argues that poems are made to welcome a reader; he emphasizes that poems should not be intended to force a reader to stay engaged. Collins, another poet argues the same as Kosser, he believes poems should have an accessible entrance. He empathizes that poems should contain the “power to convey the reader from one place to another.” Ion relation, “On Parting”, a poem composed by Cate Marvin is a perfect example depicting the important components in writing poetry. Cate Marvin’s poem serves to what Kooser and Collin’s argue that poems should do; she does this by welcoming the reader, setting expectations through its title and opening line, and transforming the reader’s perspective gradually.

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

Part of what the poet does is create an occasion. For example, the poem talks about his his life working in a prison.when he is in there he fills like a prisoner and he can’t fill like he being treated right he fills empty niss in side and also how he get’s not the same rights as every one he gets treed with no respect from others and because of that he lives with no pane.

While reading the poem “Introduction to Poetry,” Billy Collins sends a message to the readers that they should be patient and impartial when it comes to analyzing a poem in order to see the true meaning behind the without being over analytical. There is a revieting situation that takes place because Billy Collins is delivering his message to all readers about the way that one should be able to read a poem. This poems educates the reader on how to be able to read and plunge into a poem, through using many techniques like mood, tone, and literary devices to do so. In the first two lines Collins demands that we tackle a poem with a invigorating eye. There should be an exploration of what the poem means to us. How does this poem apply to our

In thesis, both poems contain significant use of figurative language, and develops astounding theme, and provides an original and domestic structure and style. This even formats from everything around us to daily and simple teaching which is taught to children. In the poem “The

Writing poetry allows open doors into worlds never discovered before. Using similes and metaphors allows me to express feelings about being in and experiencing nature. As well, poetry allows exploration of nature, discovering what can lie behind the facade of a waterfall or a forest. Analyzing poems is just an opportunity to glean insight to other people’s thoughts. Often, when we read poems, we do not spend enough time to discover the meaning past the words on the page. Invented forms of poetry is another way to enjoy creating poetry. Having fun and expressing thoughts can allow freedom to compose the most expressive types of poetry. Even though the traditional forms of poetry are more structured, they can still allow personal thoughts to

Poetry isn’t just a mere play on words to make something sound fancy, rather it is a personal piece of artwork that defines the moment for what it is.

Poetry is a compact language that expresses complex feelings. To understand the multiple meanings of a poem, the researcher must analyze his words and phrases from the perspectives of the rhythm of sound, the images, the obvious meaning and implied meanings.

And this poetry of quite a few of the current Indian languages and that this poetry is the expression of certain attitudes and values believed in by certain sections of today’s Indian society, urban and metropolitan, middle class, familiar with the Euro-American world, either by direct personal experience or in a derivative manner that claims the validity of direct experience. This poetry, in respect of its purposive of direction as much as of its balance sheet of achievement, deserves the attention of the serious student of Indian poetry.

Poetry allows writers, readers and even those listening to achieve a deeper sense of being. It gives us the opportunity to break free from simple and boring routine. If executed correctly, a poem will be able to stir emotion and create wonder. In order to accomplish this, all of its parts must be in sync, including the tone, diction, imagery and the author’s approach to the subject matter. A good poem will draw some sort of emotional reaction from its audience, whether it be light and upbeat or dark and serious. The audience will leave with a new experience and even possibly change their outlook on certain aspects of life because of what they have just read or listened to. Two poems that embody the previously mentioned qualities are “Lady Lazarus” by Sylvia Plath and “Harlem (Dream Deferred)” by Langston Hughes. These poems elevate the experience of reading and listening, while also serving as an excellent example of what a writer should strive for.