A Brief Remark on Interpreting Poetry

Abstract

When we analyze poems, we explore words to see how they move and, more specifically, how they move us. When our initial excitement subsides, it's time to take close look at inner workings of poet's art. So, we should learn how to analyze poem to understand and appreciate its craftsmanship. We should explore such poetic devices such as rhyme, figurative language, and vision. Key words—rhyme; figurative language; vision; interpret I. WHAT POETRY IS is universal to all people, all places, and all times. The most unlettered people have memorized poetry; most cultured have nurtured it. knows no barriers, neither culture, age, gender, nor religion. Why is poetry closest thing humanity has to universal language? Because poetry delights ear, mind, and soul. It satisfies our craving for beauty and music through power of its language. Now, many poets have tried to define poetry. Edgar Allan Poe believed that poetry was the rhythmical creation of beauty. Robert Frost believed it was a reaching out toward expression, an effort to find fulfillment. According to Matthew Arnold, Poetry is simply most beautiful, most impressive, and most effective mode of saying things. Professor Wang Baotong said, Poetry is art of representing human experiences, in so far as they are of lasting or universal interest, in metrical language, usually with chief reference to emotions and by means of imagination. is beautiful language, and poets display wonderful world to us with such writings.