Poetry

So far my favorite type of poetry is nonsense poetry. It is fun and easy to read, and it doesn’t make a serious deep point, it is written for pure pleasure. If you want to try to look at the deeper side of nonsense poetry it is possible, but nobody can judge if you are right or wrong because sometimes the author of the poem might not even know the intended point. I also like narrative poetry. They are beautiful stories told in the form of poetry. “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes is one of my personal favorite. I was first introduced to the poem my senior year of high school when we listened to it on tape and then wrote a paper about it, and then again in my Children’s Literature class when we read it and listened to it on tape. The poem sounds so beautiful when listened to on tape, and has several deep hidden meanings, some of which I still have not uncovered. I have a new found respect for poetry. I used to think poetry was just a bunch of thrown together words that rhymed. After reading about poetry in my Literature for Children text, I realized many elements are used in writing good poetry.