I was talking last night to my five-year-old daughter Sarah about the difference between poetry and prose. I asked her to define poetry for me. I thought she would say “words that rhyme” and was wondering if I would have the courage to explain that much of it doesn’t (and was realizing that I didn’t know how to define poetry myself). Instead, this is what she said:<\/p>\n
“Poetry is words that don’t make a whole lot of sense.”<\/p>\n
You know, I think she got the gist of it. (Granted, most of her poetry experience comes from Dr. Seuss.)<\/p>\n
By the way, Google gave me these definitions of poetry:<\/p>\n
– literature in metrical form
\n– language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns
\n– language used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities
\n– language characterized by romantic imagery<\/p>\n
I’m going with Sarah’s definition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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