Reflection

While doing my poetry anthology I learned a lot about how people interpret poetry. I also learned what kinds of poetry people like and why they like it. I think that the role of poetry in today has gotten smaller throughout time and that it is not as important as it was in the olden days. Poetry was used as entertainment and for people to watch and enjoy, for example how people would go to watch Shakespeare's plays. Today the role of poetry is for some entertainment but mainly people use it to express themselves. Even though people still use poetry as a way of expression I believe that people are replacing poetry with music. More people use and listen to music to express themselves today. People feel that they can relate to music easier and it is much easier to understand so that is why they have replaced poetry with music. I believe that poetry still has a place in our society and that it is used when people want to express feelings and emotions through words. It gives people a sense of creativity. The perception of poetry has changed a lot over time. Today poetry is much more modern and easier to understand. Olden day poetry is much harder for to people today because we don't use the language they used so it made it hard to understand. The people I selected to be in my anthology picked more modern and recent poets. Many of the poems were picked more for entertainment and to learn something from. Some of the poems such as Messy Room, Whatif, and I Want were selected because they were entertaining. Other poems such as The Road Not Taken, Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening, and Casey at the Bat were selected because they have life lessons hidden within.