beauty is more than skin deep

The other day I was having a conversation about poetry and I said that poetry should make use of rhythmic and literary devices, otherwise, it’s just prose. Ever since I said that, its been running through my thoughts. The more time I’ve spent considering it, the more it bothers me. It seems like however you try to define good art, there is always an exception. I’m trying a new revision: Poetry should still be something beautiful, appealing (or whatever) if the meaning of the words were put aside. If you listen to the cadences and the rhythm, you should still get something from it. I’m not saying poetry should be meaningless. that just makes for bad poetry, but I think you can look at it like people. A person can be beautiful on the inside and a person can be beautiful on the outside. Good poetry is both. The packaging is aesthetically pleasing and can communicate emotion on its own. The inside, the meaning, is also beautiful, making you think, learn and feel.

This opinion is subject to change.