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Understanding the Strength of Poetry

Poetry celebrates the senses , and sharpens the mind . These attributes make the genre a favorite among readers who like their literary adventures short in as few as four brilliantly written lines a poem reader emerges enlightened , his senses heightened by the verses Such an experience is rendered by impeccable poets like Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes . These two very different poets give us two very different poetic experiences , two very different voices

p Emily Dickinson 's strength as a poet lies in her ambiguity . Most of her verses need at least a second reading , because her poetic style makes her poems unconventional readings . The use of dashes and capitalizations make the verses require attentive focus and intellectual understanding straightaway they are not easy to read , compared to conventionally-written poems . Nevertheless , this writing style does not diminish the brilliance in the text it instead enhances it . One example is the poem entitled , Much Madness is divinest sense ' The first two lines alone require a pause from the reader so he could go on and read the rest of the lines to be able to get the message of the poem . Another striking attribute of Dickinson 's poetry is her preference for death as a or as a symbol , at least based on the selection supplied for this . The surprising thing about is that although the poems are largely about tragedy , madness and death , the verses do not have a melancholic feel about them . Dickinson seems to cushion the readers from feeling melancholia Customer 's last name 2 through her brilliant symbolism and her presentation of detailed evocations of the subject . For instance , in the poem entitled After great pain , a formal feeling comes ' Dickinson likens sadness to death the use of the words `tomb (line 2 , `wooden (line 6 ) and stone (line 9 ) all pertain to , or connote death ( cite the page number of your resource here . The poem describes the numb emotional state of a person , that space we go through after grieving and before moving on The literary device used may be grim , but it is most appropriate . The poem succeeds because it effectively communicates the message . Emily Dickinson 's verses are a good read . Her ambiguity however , is what the reader likes and at the same time , dislikes about her . This is the attribute that makes her verses intriguing , the attribute that draws magnetizes the reader to leaf through the pages but it could also make the reader frustrated in trying to decode what Dickinson really meant Despite this , the strength in Dickinson 's poetry is undeniable . She is one poet whose place in literature will always be secure

Langston Hughes is in an entirely different position , compared to Dickinson . Most of his verses reverberate with racial and cultural themes , so that a reader needs to know his background to thoroughly enjoy his poems . Nevertheless , most of his poems in...

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