Benefits or reading poetry

Nowadays, when talking about poems, many people, especially young people, consider reading as killing and poetry has become less and less popular. I think it is very regrettable for poetry to lose its readers, because it can really benefit us in many ways.

First of all, reading poetry can help us improve our imagination. As we all know, the images appear in poems are usually very abstract, and the things we can learn only from the words are always a small part of what the poets try to express. The other part needs the readers themselves to imagine.

Second, poetry helps us think more deeply. The idea of a poem is not easy to comprehend. Most of the time, readers have to think carefully to figure out the poet’s real thinking. Sometime, we even need to refer to the circumstance the poet is in to help us understand.

Third, poetry helps us to concentrate. Every part of a poem is not redundant. So we can never use the skim skill we learnt to read a poem, or we can never get what the poet sets forth for us. In this way, poetry teaches us to pay attention.

Fourth, poetry helps us create good conversation. Sometimes, between friends or other kinds of relationships, it may be hard to find something to talk about. Then, poetry is a perfect thing because the understanding of poetry varies from person to person. So there must be a lot to argue.

Fifth, poetry makes us happy. I don’t know much about foreign poets. However, as for Chinese poets, most of them have miserable lives. When I read the miserable experiences written by miserable poets, I will feel grateful for what God gives me and become very happy.

Last but not least, poetry makes us romantic. It’s very useful when you are pursuing girls or boys. If you come up with some words from poems now and then, there is a high chance that you will achieve your targets.

Now that reading poetry has so many benefits, we should read some poems and enjoy them.