What is poetry? To your average person, they would say it is just a small group of sentences where each end of the line rhythms with the last. For the more educated, but not as influenced by it, poetry is a written or vocal passage that follows a set of rules controlling things such as the number of syllables for each lines. However, for those who have been bless with the touch of the Muses and claim the title of an artist, they poetry is an art form that represents what is not of mortal thought and has ties with spiritual origins. The question that now remain is of what form should poetry take. In the introduction piece of fame French poet Stéphane Mallarmé, as adapted and with commentary from Henry Weinfield, poetry can take the form ranging
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Mallarmé stated that poetry “is the expression of the mysterious meaning of the aspects of existence through human language brought back to its essential rhythm” (xiii). This idea of poetry having a sense of mystery actually stems from an article he released when he was twenty called Heresies Artistiques: L'Art pour Tous. Here he states that if something wants to remain sacred should be covered in mystery in order to protect it. And when one wants to share such sacred knowledge, simply use the art of poetry to allow the common people to understand the concept. This idea of poetry is something I can agree with, but have separate doubts to the. The aspect that I do agree with Mallarmé is that the mysterious parts of existence does require some form to exist to be understood. The idea of human existence and concepts that branch from it can overwhelm the thoughts of mortals and most likely exist in a separate, spiritual plane for the safety of humans. As such raw knowledge of such a mysterious answer could possibly drive a man mad, poetry works as a conduit to translate that mass of knowledge as inspirational works. My issue however is the idea of poetry and its connection to man. While those can be touch by the spirits of nature, I see poetry as manmade art form with spiritual influences. If the mystery of our existence is in need of a conduit to convert its message to human langue, how can a human created concept enough to actually provide the
Mallarmé stated that poetry “is the expression of the mysterious meaning of the aspects of existence through human language brought back to its essential rhythm” (xiii). This idea of poetry having a sense of mystery actually stems from an article he released when he was twenty called Heresies Artistiques: L'Art pour Tous. Here he states that if something wants to remain sacred should be covered in mystery in order to protect it. And when one wants to share such sacred knowledge, simply use the art of poetry to allow the common people to understand the concept. This idea of poetry is something I can agree with, but have separate doubts to the. The aspect that I do agree with Mallarmé is that the mysterious parts of existence does require some form to exist to be understood. The idea of human existence and concepts that branch from it can overwhelm the thoughts of mortals and most likely exist in a separate, spiritual plane for the safety of humans. As such raw knowledge of such a mysterious answer could possibly drive a man mad, poetry works as a conduit to translate that mass of knowledge as inspirational works. My issue however is the idea of poetry and its connection to man. While those can be touch by the spirits of nature, I see poetry as manmade art form with spiritual influences. If the mystery of our existence is in need of a conduit to convert its message to human langue, how can a human created concept enough to actually provide the