Do you think poetry is all about interpretation?
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Re: Do you think poetry is all about interpretation?
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I could not have put it better myself. Interpretation, though it has its place, is not the only thing that one can take from a poem. I have always believed poetry is an avenue to look at things differently. It is there to open your mind to new ideas. How someone connects with a poem differs because of many different reasons. I feel like judging a poem is just not what it is there for. There shouldn't be "good or bad" poem. If someone doesn't connect to a particular poem, it doesn't mean someone else won't. I feel like asking to "interpret" a poem is trapping because it immediately insinuates that there is a right or wrong answer. The purpose to poetry, in my opinion, is to open the mind of whoever is reading it. It shouldn't matter what they take away from it. They may be in a different position than you. It doesn't mean that what they take away from it is wrong.Mrs_Zucco wrote: ↑21 May 2016, 09:29 I do not think poetry is "all" about interpretation; nor do I think any one person can honestly judge whether a poem is good or bad based solely on interpretation. Putting aside the other ways of judging a poem, (whether it is a contest or has a required form standard) interpretation in it's own right, (an explanation of what one person understands something to mean that is being told to another) is not a tangible area to judge. Interpretation can easily be tainted by the interpreter's own senses or memories, his life history; thus, he may interpret a writing in a completely different way than what the author intended. Can we, then, state the poem is bad because the author's view when writing it was not the same as view the interpreter received when he read it? No. I believe that which invites us to "think" is good. All emotion and action starts with a single thought. It's my opinion that whether or not in a required, standard form; true art not only leaves the viewer or reader with a sense of what the product is in its obvious sense, but a spark of emotion, a lingering moment of thought, a question, a doubt, perhaps an awareness or invitation to peruse that subject in one's own memory for an awakening, a memory of denied, unfinished business disguised as a brilliant analogy, a tender smile, that one, single tear. In no way does this mean if the product does not provoke such an emotion it is a failure. In the form of a poem, the information has all ready been gathered, reconstructed or dusted off and put into play on the page; where it awaits the right person to read and receive. It is unique to the soul, to the character; it is not for only one, but for many kindred spirits or formed camraderies between readers and authors over decades and generations. Poetry is special in the sense that it is only what the reader wants, needs, or expects it to be. The meaning of the words are, in fact, left up for interpretation, but also, for empathy, awareness, association, or simply for rest.
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There are many many poets with different styles. Some of them don't even stick to the rules. And they write the most beautiful poems that people know by heart. And then there are others who study poetry all their lives, and yet their writings is rigid and boring.
In my opinion, if the poet truly believes what he/she is writing, and they deeply feel for it, they'll write the best poems.
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