Poetry - Kenny Slessor

The study of poetry in the senior years of high school has much relevance to the study of English as well as almost all other types of texts studied at school. Studying poetry allows you to explore many interesting aspects of poems, which will then branch out to other text types. When you read a poem, usually you would only have a very general and brief idea of what the poem is about and what …

…poetry also allows us to observe different perspectives to various subjects. So, how is poetry relevant to anything? It helps us to understand the deeper meanings of phrases and ideas, it allows us to express our feelings and emotions in many ways, it shows how language techniques can be used most effectively and it gives us alternative perspectives or views about particular topics, which will all be useful when reading and analysing any text type.