Tuesday, August 19, 2014

The Use Of Symbols In Poetry

By Dora Reed


Over the years, poetic symbolism has been explored by different poets from diverse backgrounds who have understood its essence as it helps in making a poem interesting by somehow hiding the message for audiences to comprehend. Symbols in poetry are like metaphors; in other words, this is whereby poets draw comparisons and somehow hides the message and the audience is expected to use their knowledge to get the message.

Poetry is a growing art that people are growing to like and appreciate more just like other forms of art and basically any artistic creation. Some even fuses music with poems and call it spoken word. Over the year this, form of art has grown popular to people from diverse location across the globe who are now practicing it.

One of the basic elements of poems is the use of rhyming word; moreover the words not just rhyme but should also make sense of the theme they follow. In other words, as much as the rhymes might be flowing, having verses that stick to a certain theme is critical. Just like in other artistic works, poets are known to have distinctive style in regards to their presentation, writing and sometimes both. However, it has been apparent that the style adopted by poets of today is better as it seems to attract more audiences than previous versions.

Poets are known to be entertainers but more so communicator; this is because they have a skill of using words and turning them to descriptions of events, experiences, situations and feeling which is then passed to the audience. However, the use of facial expressions and body language is indispensable in trying to connect with the audience and passing the message across.

Apart from just entertaining, poems are also meant to draw inspiration to the people listening or reading these pieces as a result giving them the motivation to better their lives. Given that most of them are reflection of the writer or someone else who inspired the piece, the words usually hold strong power for empowering and wisening people especially since they are about real experiences.

This is also a means of expression whereby one lets their emotion be heard by others who some of them identifying with these experiences. They may be filled with joy and some anger and others melancholy. As a result, different pieces are admired by different audiences based on their themes and the taste and preferences of the audience who receive these pieces.

Words are powerful and with them is a great realm of wisdom that is impactful to the people empowered by these expressions from different artists. The use of metaphors is a style that most writers have been seen to prefer whereby they compared subject matters with events and object just to creatively hide the message leaving it to the audience to crack the metaphors.

The poems of this era have over the past few years been receiving a great deal of fans and support from the youngsters. On the other hand, the internet has been a crucial platform in enhancing the sharing of these pieces from one writer to another and to their fans. This has enhanced the growth of this art and more and more people are inspired to pursue this art.




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