Question

What makes poetry good literature?

Poetry is a good literature simply because it enables the reader to critically think in order to be able to understand what the author is talking about. Moreover, poems tend to have hidden themes, and it is therefore the work of the reader to critically analyze the poem in order to be able to understand the main theme of the poem. In addition, due to the use of assonance, consonance and rhythm, the reader can also be able to understand the tone of the author, and thus be able to comprehend the message being passed by the author. When it comes to, ‘How I became a Socialist’ by Hellen, the poem has been written in a very unique way, such that not only does it enable the reader to critically think, bit it enables him or her to also understand how the society functions and operates, and how sociology tends to affect life (Hellen, 2000).

Is all poetry worthy of study? Why or why not?

Not all poetry is worth of study, simply because not all poetry contains positive information to the reader. Some types of poetry works are written for business purposes, and so they do not focus on educating the reader. In addition, some poetry works have been written by musicians, whose aim is to reach their fans, thus they only contain information which might be praising themselves or even their fans (Hellen, 2000). Good poetry should therefore be studied, since it contains information which can impact the reader positively. On the other hand, before studying a poetry work, one needs to understand the theme of the poetry work, thus making it easy for him or her to clearly understand the message being passed. Hence, all poetry should not be studies due to the type of message being passed.

Reference

Hellen Keller. (2000). How I became a Socialist: The New York Call.