Sunday, August 17, 2014

The Use Of Symbols In Poetry

By Dora Reed


Poetic symbolism has previously been used in various pieces and by different poets as it is a great style of passing a message across while still ensuring that the piece remains interesting. Basically, symbols in poetry are like metaphors where certain events or experiences are compared to objects or things that the audience can relate to in order to drive the message home but still use their knowledge to understand the hidden 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.

The rhyming of words is the basic feature that poems are identified with; however, these words ought to make sense and follow a certain theme. In other words, the rhymes ought to build a story that draws meaning to the theme of the poem. Every poet has a distinctive style which is either in their writing, presentation or both. As much as poets maybe deserting the initial elements of poem writing it is evident that the new style of writing is attracting more fans.

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 can be powerful and hold great wisdom that is eye opening to the way of life; this is empowering and impactful to people inspired by these poems. Most writers tend to adopt a writing style that uses metaphors and a way of comparing things while making sense to other things. This style is meant to somewhat hide the message, leaving to the audience to crack these 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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