POETRY
In ancient times oral transmission was prevalent
Much before literary form became evident
Poetry thus emanated that expresses thoughts emotions
It is the oldest form of dissemination of events.
Ancient poetry found in Greece Africa
Iran Iraq Turkey China and India
It depicted histories of kings
Folk songs epics and religious hymns.
Poem written in many forms
It can be a haiku in just three lines
Or a Limerick in five lines
Or even a sonnet in fourteen lines.
A quatrain forms a stanza of four lines
In a longer poem of several stanzas
Poets use assonance alliteration
Similes metaphors for accentuation.
Shayari is basically poetry in Urdu
Popular in Pakistan and India too
It got prominence during British regime
It's now performed in mushairas with much esteem.
Ghazal is a form of poetry in five couplets
It generally conveys love separation or romance
It's mostly of sufi genre from Arabic regions
It is now popular in south asian countries.
The oldest poetry is probably Krishna's advice to Arjuna
During the intricate war called the Bhagavad Gita
Then comes epics Ramayan and Mahabharat
Iliad the Greek poetry by Homer is most well read.
We have Kabir Kalidasa Tulidas in early centuries
Their poems are popular even in present times
Mirza Tagore Sarojini Gulzar Javed in last two centuries
They are all famous to this day through their poems.
Poetry of today conveys several other things
Besides love emotions it is also on wisdom thoughts
It can also be on mind body health wellness
As poetry is short and quick to create awareness.
Poetry is considered good as mental emotional saviour
It also helps people to connect with nature
It helps keep poet's mind very active
It keeps readers' attention captive.
- Gopinath S
(penned without ChatGPT support)