After reading several poems by a poet, a reader will begin to get a sense of what the poet writes about. Even if the poet might be see it that way.
According to Dan Gerber: “The most common and certainly the most difficult question I might be asked by a stranger on an airplane is, 'What is your work about?' It’s a conundrum for any artist. And I suspect the one single quality that may peg one as an artist—as opposed to, say, a craftsman—may be the artist’s inability to form a satisfactory answer. “
Poll: What Do the Poets Write About?
Even though some poets like Gerber may claim it is difficult for them articulate what they write about, most of their readers would not have that same difficulty. For example, most readers who have read a significant amount of Emily Dickinson’s poems might say she wrote about love, death, immortality, and she detailed many common object she saw in her environment.
Please go to the poll and participate. It is located below the blog on the Poetry homepage. The new poll asks the following: While each of the following claims may have some truth to it, which one do you think is most accurate?
- Sylvia Plath: Nazis vs the Jews
- William Blake: London vs churches
- Robert Frost: nature vs humanity
- William Wordsworth: nature's superiority vs progress of civilization
- William Shakespeare: love vs old age
Thank you for participating.
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