Poetry response to "Ars Poetica"

Anesha Porter-Griffin
4th hour
        In the poem "Ars Poetica" the author Archibald Macleish portrays the expectations of a poem. In lines 1-3 Macleish writes "A poem should be palpable and mute/As a gobbled fruit,/Dumb" it puts into perspective that poetry isn't something that should be extremely complex but something to understand and relate to, for the simplest of minds to comprehend.

   There's a lot of different views as to what a poem should  be Macleish writes in line 23-24 "A poem should not mean/ but be". I feel as though that is a perfect description of poetry. Life is for comprehension the entire poem is about making sure your writing can be understood. Too many poets work to be abstract and unique and they miss giving their poem meaning and depth and a reason to truly read it.

   I strongly relate to the feelings and message being portrayed within this work. I too feel as though poetry is a reminiscence of an experience as said in lines 17-18 "A poem should be equal to/ Not true".  An experience is never just what happens but what it fells like as well, something of equivalent to give the reader more insight. This poem let's me know as a poet to let a reader feel and not just know.