Entry 42: Poetry

Poems follow very different patterns compared to other forms of writing. Some poems, usually ancient ones, have to be restricted to a certain rule or structure. Modern poems are the complete opposite - they don't have to follow any rule at all. However, generally speaking, poems are more focused on the emotional effects they have on people. Each line of a poem is a stanza, and this composition only exists in poetry. Other forms of writing may have single lines, but most of the words are sorted by paragraphs. Poems are meant to be spoken aloud, heard, and felt. Most of the subjects in poems are not stated directly. Instead, the writer tries to use an imaginative way to describe the things from different aspects. Poems and other forms of writing are similar because they are all written to express an idea. Sometimes poems can do the same things as other forms of expression, but sometimes they can't. For example, poems and stories can both send an important message, or express a theme indirectly. Poems and songs are fundamentally alike because lyrics are a kind of poetry. But if a song doesn't have lyrics, it's just melody itself. Words and melodies seem to hit our senses and emotions differently. It might be that our brains use different parts to receive different things. And with that being said, poems can't do all the effects that a song does, and vice versa. Poems tend to trigger more imaginations since they are just black letters on paper. All the objects and abstractions described in a poem have to be visualized in the mind.