Classic of Poetry

 

I thought the different works in “Classic Poetry” as aspects of education was not far off than any other ancient teaching of poetry. The poems were all enriched (some more than others) with changing words and full of emotions. The poetry is focuses on different aspects of life more specifically that will be discussed which are rhetoric, morals and virtues.

As far as teaching rhetoric the poems are full of ancient words that appear to be different languages yet one universal language. These poems also as far as rhetoric gave a voice to the people who did not have a voice. For example, in the poem “Plums are Falling” takes mention of how life changes daily. Focusing on the words of the poem in the first stanza gives a clear and direct indication how these poem teaches specific language. In the poem, “Plums are falling, seven are the fruits, many men want, let me have a fine one” (760), shows the indirect changing of one’s life or that of life in general. I thought this poem was a good example to use because it also interchanges with morals and virtues. The poem signifies that life constantly changes and fruit is symbolic birth and re-incarnation

I thought one of the short comings to these poems was that it almost made a bad world expect to be perfect.  In the poem I discussed I realized as a reader that life is not perfect, yet some of these poems almost trick the reader thinking they are. In most poetry (even though it is poetry) nothing can of perfect rhetoric, morals, or virtues or it should or would not be considered poetry.

“Plums are Falling The Norton Anthology of World Literature. Ed. Martin Puchner, et al. 3rd ed. Vol. 1. New York: Norton, 2013. 760. Print.