Can someone explain what the poem “Poetry,” by Marianne Moore means?
First of all I am not a professional. I have, won some writing awards though and love poetry. I have read Marianne Moore’s poem “Poetry” several times. There seems to be a few very important points she makes. In the first half of the poem she is talking about writing being a love hate relationship and the physical reaction some people have in writing. After that she goes even deeper into poetry itself and mentions vivid pictures about writing and the love or hate thereof. Toward the end of the poem and in the very last verse she is mentioning being able to have a visual picture of what your are writing “the toadstool in the garden”. Lastly in her own way she is talking of having a passion for what is being written. Try reading a lot of poetry and see the pictures it paints for you. This is just my interpretation yours could be different. Good luck and enjoy.
