It depends on the person, Some people like poetry, so it has an effect on them.

Usually poet likes poetry. Some time I also utter also some rebel poem written by our national poet Kazi Nuzrul Islam (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam).

Poetry is so important because it helps us understand and appreciate the world around us. Poetry's strength lies in its ability to shed a “sideways” light on the world, so the truth sneaks up on you. No question about it. Poetry teaches us how to live. https://aliceosborn.com/why-is-poetry-important-to-our-world-today/

Reading poetry allows one to see into the soul of another person, see what is weighing on their minds and on their hearts, and can open doors to feelings that are sometimes suppressed until that door is opened. https://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/8-reasons-why-poetry-is-good-for-the-soul

Poetry is a form of expression. Writing it lets us get out our feelings and thoughts on a subject while reading it encourages us to connect and find meaning in our experiences. Poetry can have a positive impact on the social and emotional learning of children. It may offer them a new way of thinking about something. https://proudtobeprimary.com/reasons-teach-poetry-classroom/

It is so. Thanks so much, dear all!

Chinaza Godswill Awuchi Md. Abdur Razzak Choudhury Alaa Ali Alanbaky

Terri Purvis

Agreed with Dear Salman Ajlan

Murtada Al Manifi

Poetry has many merits, many qualities that you can’t find in other literary genres. These characteristics are responsible for creating this almost indescribable effect on the “ soul” to quote you directly. I can say safely that an entire chapter in a novel can be packed most eloquently and cogently in a single line of verse. The wit, brevity and condescension not to mention musicality of a poem make it memorable and impressive.

Poetry is a crafted truth in an artistic way. The vulnerability is poured out in poetry as it is why considered to be “Drama of the soul”. You have to look deep into what’s been written, it’s like deciphering codes, except you need to delve into the meaning of each word deeply like it’s been written by you, sometimes it’s like sharing the experience with the poet. You have to approach poetry from a clever artistic perspective, this is why it’s not really preferred among people.

Murtada Al Manifi

Dear Professor,

Its a great question that you have raised.

I am not a student of literature. But I have a deep interest in poetry. So, let me try and answer this question as someone who is a lover of poetry.

I think poetry generates straight from the heart. It is the language for all those people and all those things that have been deprived of a language. That is why, when we read a poetry, we can literally feel for the loser, the defeated, the person being hated, the neglected, the forgotten, the forbidden. I think this is the reason that poetry has a deep impact on us.

Best regards,

Anamitra.

Because it touches our feelings

I often recall verses that I learnt as a child. Some of them are very childish but they still give me pleasure; e.g. 'The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear'. I don't think I could learn it now, but can remember it all! I cannot remember finding it (and the others) difficult to learn then. It is worth reading if you don't know it:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43188/the-owl-and-the-pussy-cat

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." (Robert Frost)

Readers decode these thoughts based on their own experiences and this is where miracles are born

Poetry is always associated with creativity. Simply, it's a way of life.

Only the poets can redeem this world (S.G. Tchernikovsky).

Its features such as rhyme scheme makes issues communicated in poetry to stick to the mind.

Poetry allows us to dream, to express, to get in touch with the Imaginal and our Soul. Can there be a greater gift?

Via meter, rhyme, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and rhythm, It expresses feelings/emotions of our Self, our pulsing heart -- connecting us to Universal Heart. One cannot be too specific as to how this occurs, but we do know/feel it does. Poetry discovers and creates in ways Science cannot. It does not claim fact, but reactive and creative emotion. It creates from the Soul and Imaginal space, not from physical or mathematical space.

Poetry allows optimism or pessimism -- poet's license/choice: "Is our 'Pulse' in a spell of 'Plus' (or not)?"

Dear Dr. Murtada Al Manifi

Cf.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_do_you_really_know_about_the_true_story_of_Romeo_and_Juliet_What_is_the_true_concept_of_tragedy

Dear @Vadim Gorshkov, I was concerned when your first comment read as: "Poetry is simply a way of organizing text to distance itself from everyday speech." That was too "mathematically direct" for this mathematician. And, in your second comment, you quoted Gandlesky: "Poetry is always, in the end, an ingenuous gratitude to the world for having been created". I then thought: "No! Poetry is probably a most honest Gratitude reflecting one's view of a possible world, in soul's drama". Yes, poetry can be "sugary" and perhaps full of unrealizable dreams, but It's far more than a rearrangement of text to distance oneself. Maybe It's a rearrangement of our Mind, aligning it with Soul. And, yes, prose can be poetic, also. In fact, I often approach a math problem with poetic interpretation or as story prose. Only in this way am I led to a better understanding. Forgive me if I misunderstand your comments, but I will respect your opinions.

Poetry is a collection of words, expressed simply, sung finely, written wisely, and presented attractively.

We still remember our child poems till today. They are evergreen and still new, pleasing to ears. A baby grows listening poems. But as we grow it is left behind.

I agree with Dr Chandan Kumar

I can remember little poems from my childhood and often come out with them. I don't really know what my husband thinks of 'the owl and the pussycat' etc being recited every so often, but he probably thinks it's keeping me happy. And it is!