Should teenagers be taught how to write poetry?
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Should teenagers be taught how to write poetry?
Is the ability to write beautiful poems inherent or is it somethingt that can be taught at school? I feel that poetry writingrequires some basic skill but can be developed like anything else with teaching. I feel that as well as learning about poems written in the past, teens should also be taught how to write poetry and the value of enjoying a good poem.
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As far as i know, there are more people who write poetry than there are who actually read and enjoy poetry. We have plenty of people writing poetry.
IMO it is not something that can be taught - that is to say the craft of poetry can be taught, but not the art.
How like summer, love.
After sweltering passion
autumn must arrive.
I could be taught that 5-7-5 was a format.
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Poetry is an art.
You cannot teach it.
It's not like learning mathematics or English grammar.
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Poetry background, history, and elements needs to be reborn in the hearts of everyone!
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Why? As I noted above, we have more "poets" than know what to do with themselves, so we don't need to be taught about poetry to write poetry.
Why should anyone, except those with an interest in the subject, learn the history of poetry? Of what use or import can such specialized knowledge be to most men or women?
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"Bards were the pop stars of their day and the gift of eloquence was prized"
So greatly prized that early poets were blinded to keep them from freely leaving their home village. Considering fringe bemefits like that, a wonder it ever caught on.
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As far as I know, many school systems no longer teach music.
If you were inrterseted in poetry or perhaps just an avid reader, you very likely would have learned what a sonnet is just by living life. I was never taught poetry and I know what a sonnet is. I also know what pantoums and villanelles are, not because I was taught, but because I was interested in poetry and found out. Only found out in the last 15 years or so, but better late, eh?
So knowing what a sonnet is, its characteristics- how has that been , how have you applied that knowledge? Being able to say "That's a sonnet."?
I agree with some in that knowing anything is better than not knowing it, but some, say famously at a reading site Sherlock Holmes, believe that filling one's brain with miscellaneous information uses up intellectual power best applied to other subjects.
When I was in school, not only was poetry not taught, neither was black history. I happen to know a lot of American black history and some African. Because I was interested I read in that field. I would in fac putt my knowledge of black istory up against many who have been taught it in school. One doesn't need school to develop one's fields of interest.
My only point is that poetry is not something that should be required learning. Ohter fine arts are not required learning. There is no reason why all childrern should be taught theater arts. The same shoul;d be recognized as true for poetry.
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I don't know where you live but certainly here music is taught in school, both classical and modern, as is drama, art, various sports etc etc
IMO a child should be given an appreciation of as many art forms as possible in their formative years - they then have sufficient foundation to enable them to choose their preference or their inate talent becomes apparent.
As someone once said "education is a light load". I agree, of course, that extensive reading will gain you a wide knowledge of numerous subjects but not everyone is a prolific reader, especially not every young person, unfortunately.
Personally, I have zero poetic talent. But, I love poetry, and have loved it since I was first introduced to it in my earliest days in infant school ... when I certainly did not know what a sonnet was!
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As to teaching teens to write poetry, everything taught today must be able to be graded.When i was training as an actor in drama school the administration was always trying to get the teachers to grade or quantify our excercises and performances which is in most ways subjective much like poetry so even if you could engage students enough to write poetry how do you grade it without crushing those who may work very hard but still not be able to get the hang of it
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That sure was a time waster for me.
Kids should be taught how to read, interpret, and understand what the poet is trying to say though.
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