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THE ART OF POETRY
In the literature of every culture, poetry emerges before prose. It is so natural a mode of expression, ancient peoples aren’t even aware that they are immersed in poetry until prose comes along for the differences to show. Today the situation is reversed: we are immersed in prose and see poetry as a specialized and/or deviant form of discourse. Anthropology teaches us that poetry is closer than prose to the origins of language and, hence, to the origins of human culture. We can even say poetry is a more elemental discourse than all others, a more complete expression of the muscular, sensuous, emotional, and rhythmical nature of body and mind. Additionally, poetry is an art of words, i. ... words are its medium in the same way that the body moving in space is the medium for the art of dance, or sound, music.
Approximate Word count = 677
Approximate Pages = 2.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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