Why is poetry so compelling and memorable?
why poetry more memorable, enticing, emotive , engaging??
why saying in few words more sum of parts- far more compelling same story told in prose???
can remember random lines poems, , poems in entirety- little more odd line thousands of books ive read.
occasional lines stick- ‘gave of drowned person’- prose, little more.
poems seem recall far higher percentage of ive read, , hit me far more directly-
'nor half turn go, yet turning stay'- (c- rossetti)
why better 'i started go stayed', or- 'i began move away, pulled myself back, you???
why poetry more sum of it’s parts???
why poetry more memorable, enticing, emotive , engaging?? why saying in few words more sum of parts- far more compelling same story told in prose??? can remember random lines poems, , poems in entirety- little more...
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