The Emotion of Poetry

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Poetry is written words which express meaning and bring life to those words. Emily Dickinson is simply stating that poetry is something the reader has to feel, without any feeling for the issue at hand, one can not truly understand poetry. If you do not have similar emotions as the writer, you can not understand what message the writer is trying to convey to you. Through the complicated twists of literal and figurative meanings a poems true beauty can be explored through feelings.

"Hidden Meanings", speaks of hatred towards ones mother in the first line. The first line draws the reader into the poem. As a reader, one wonders why fairy tale characters hate their mothers. There is however an underlying meaning that has to be explored. As a reader one is drawn into the lives of Hansel and Jack and can relate to the frustration one can have with authority figures. Life in reality, as well as in the poem, is a magical journey entered into by everyone. You never know what will happen during the course of your life. It is the unknown that makes life so magical. Dickinson's quote exemplifies the passion a writer can put into a poem and Stuart backs up her claim. Fairy tales are supposed to be sweet, nice, and have a moral but i

"Against Love," is a poem about how one should not bother wasting their time going through the misery love has to offer. This poem relates to Dickinson's in the way that love can be hurtful and make someone cold and not willing to warm up or trust anyone again. The quote "If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire could warm me," represents the impact a poem can have in relating to one's life. "Against Love," is a perfect example of how after going through the torture and pain love can cause, one just would rather mingle with others then commit. Love is like a constant pain that people take pleasure in reliving experience after experience and the writer is mocking people for why they can be pleased with love. This poem is a lesson in life, the writer is trying to protect people from falling in love and telling others about the harm it can do. People need to fall in love, and some enjoy the ups and downs of love, but that is their choice. Life is a lesson that must be learned, but poetry can give guidance in some aspects. A writer like Philips can help to explain some of life's hardships but it is up to the reader to understand and set their own future.

n "Hidden Meanings", Stuart shows the corruption of these wholesome fairy tales and reflects it on how society is and how life is not as pleasant when every fairy tale does not have a happy ending. Stuart throws the reader into a stage

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