Poetry and its multiple intuitions
Poetry is often considered the most personal and mysterious literary form. Poetry, in fact, helps us embrace the mystery of life. We can speak of the “inside” of poetry (ideas, images and feelings) and of the “outside” of poetry (appearance and form). Attention to form, that is, to the very structure of the text, is the starting point for its interpretation. However, when studying the poetic text, one must be careful not to lose sight of the whole, the unity of the poem.
By awakening imaginative powers, poetry makes life fuller and more radiant. Each poem has an emotional appeal. Without emotion there is no poetry. Lyricism can sometimes have nothing to do with reasoning. Then it will be like the song of a wounded bird. The poet is not subordinate to the laws of logical thought. Lyric poetry is emotional and reflective, since it expresses an inner meditation. You express feelings of one kind or another, and these feelings are universal. In revealing his understanding of the world, the poet makes a confession transfigured by art.
Therefore, it would not be an exaggeration to say that a great poem is always the story of the spiritual adventure of its author. Personal motives are thus the lyrical elements of poetry. They constitute the background and framework of lyrical poetry. The manifestations in verse are classified in the following poetic forms: lyrical, epic or tragic (they revolve around a historical event, presenting, in general, images of superior men) and dramatic.
Poetry is a compact language. Poetry uses words to communicate ideas and emotions. Poetic language is believed to be one of the oldest forms of human expression. When thinking about written language, it is interesting to note that in some countries, such as Italy, the language of poetry was born before the language of prose. There, this poetic language called Sicilian literary, in its written form, was born in Sicily. It was at the Sicilian court that the sonnet genre emerged in the 13th century. The Sicilian sonnet is a type of traditional poem made up of 14 lines divided into four lines: the first two with four lines and the others with three lines each. Its origin is in the poetry of the Provençal troubadours.
The choice of words, pictures, and sounds affects the atmosphere (general feeling or emotion) and the meaning of the poem. Sound and meaning combine to express feelings, thoughts, and ideas. When writing, the poet can adopt a neutral, satirical, ironic, melancholic, sentimental, interrogative, allusive, happy, macabre, fanciful tone, etc. Music communicates ideas and affects mood. The melody of the poem can be pleasant or threatening, happy or sad, romantic or expressionless. It reaches the mind and the heart, intensifying the impact of words and images. The word is something complex and mysterious. Each word is a complex of associations and can have several meanings. Its meaning depends on the human being, that is, on its use.
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