Title: Five Benefits of Poetry
Headings: Five Benefits of Poetry
Politics and Activism
Five Benefits of Poetry
This literary genre isn't as scary as it seems
1. Reading poetry makes you a better public speaker.
2. The varying forms force you to be concise.
3. The constraints force you to use stronger vocabulary.
4. Poetry can be combined with other art forms.
5. Poetry fosters empathy by allowing you to connect to yourself and others.
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Content: Reading poetry makes you a better public speaker. Unlike most other genres of writing, poetry was made to be read or told out loud. Because a major component of poetry is rhythm, reading it out loud forces the reader to become more aware of language dynamics: where to pause, where to speed up, where to put emphasis. It forces the reader and/or writer to employ all of his or her powers of persuasion. They can’t just tell their listeners the words, they have to make them believe the words. Poetry—besides singing, perhaps— is the one art form that requires those who work with it to tell a story using their whole body, not just their mind. 2. The varying forms force you to be concise. It has been psychologically proven that the human mind can only process about 5-7 pieces of information at a time.