How does poetry benefit the reader?

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Poetry can provide comfort and boost mood during periods of stress, trauma and grief. Its powerful combination of words, metaphor and meter helps us better express ourselves and make sense of the world and our place in it.

Why are poems so powerful?

Poetry is great at asking questions, destabilizing and making us look at things differently, incorporating a diversity of voices of ways of thinking. That's what poetry is for. So it's a very powerful medium for diverse voices to speak and for other people to then listen to those voices.

How does poetry benefit the reader?

Reading poetry helps children with voice, pitch, volume, and inflexion. While these are mainly functions of speech, they're also incredibly important for children learning to read. Poetry can teach young readers about speech patterns, which can give them cues to the words on a page.


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