Experience With Poetry

While reciting poetry may not be at all enjoyable to me, analyzing and writing it stands somewhat higher on my hierarchical ladder of English related studies. This year, reading some of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poetry really opened my eyes, showing me that poetry wasn't necessarily centered around love. I enjoyed reading Shelley's poems because in them he wrote many things which I like to think about, such as his sly ridicule towards authoritarian ruling. The writing style that he used really intrigued me as well, for he used a lot of sarcasm to convey more meaningful messages; a style I really like.

The different formats in which Shelley wrote his poems also intrigued me. I liked the fact that it wasn't a generic format, but a more creative one which seemed to have a different flow and rhythm. I think that from this experience I crawled a bit farther out of my shell of ignorance to the vast and creative world of poetry. It made me realize that anyone can write poetry; you just really need to write about what you know and like in a creative way conducive to a certain audience, or just yourself. Poetry seems like an art: if you like what you produce, great; if others like it, then that's a bonus. At this point in my life I respect poetry and poets, especially those who try to bring their poetry and writing into untouched places, like Percy Shelley; this action, however courageous, ensued with his banishment.