Americans and Jazz, part two
To put it another way, why do we not read poetry anymore? Most people give up on poetry the moment they finish their last English course, be that in high school, college or university. Is it that poetry lacks the ability to convey deep and important meaning between human beings? Is it that we have developed newer and better ways of sharing this message?
Or is it just that society has chosen a different form of writing to be the medium by which we exchange thoughts and emotions. Poetry has its place and is still of great value, but it has been long since supplanted by the novel as the primary literary form. The novel too will be replaced as the primary, but never shall it fully disappear for some messages are best for it.
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