Can There Be Life Sans Poetry? Comments

Magic

Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge was of the view that poetry involves whole soul into activity. According to Rudyard Kipling poetry is magic(best man or maid of honour speech) . Yes, poetry is music produced by the magical power of a poet. Whether the meaning or message or matter is understood or not certainly the sound of music or rhythm can be heard in any good poetry. The echoing effect of poetry is the expression of the happiest or the most sorrowful mood or sense or sentiment or emotion or the voice of the poet. Poetry is not only music but also a picture painted with the same old words in a fresh manner. That is why poetry is ever fresh and new and whose place can never be replaced by any other form of literature.
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