Poetry Connects Us to Other Subjects

Poetry is unique in that it also often has to do with math. Many poetic forms relie on the poet using only a certain number of syllables per line. In order to figure out the number of syllables, a person has to (you guessed it!) count.

Poetry is also connected to history. Many poet's writing expresses political themes of the times in which they lived.

Through poetry, we can often gain a greater understanding of history and of how people emotionally responded to historical events.

This article called "The Poetry of 9/11 and Its Aftermath" includes several poems by well-known poets of today including one of my favorite contemporary poems: Martín Espada's "Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100"

In some ways, history is preserved through poetry. Without poetry, there would be history but it would not be as full and complete at poetry as the history that includes poetry. Poetry helps history remain human and personal, instead of simply a list of dry facts and dates.