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Poetry is a chance for people to express Emotions

Poetry provided a chance for people to process their emotions and reactions and find comfort in the knowledge that others understood them, even while it could not bring about political reform, cohesion, or peace. The potential of poetry to help readers grasp their experiences and relate them to their "own shared reality with others" is another important power it possesses (Pearson, 2016, p. 4). Poetry provides individuals with insight into the "pathos of other human beings and the source of their suffering" (Burt et al., 2007, p. 300), enabling them to better understand themselves. Poetry is a medium that offers a communal opportunity to make sense of the world (p. 4).

For ages, poets have discussed the responsibility of poetry to react to and bear witness to political events. Poets find themselves with a great obligation to function as a witness to feelings, ideas, and events, which is frequently described as both a curse and a blessing. O'Hara (1967), who found himself drawn to poetry in an almost mythical way, claims in his poem "Meditations in an Emergency" that he has a "duty to be attentive" and that "I am needed by things as the sky must be above the Earth." The modern poet must find "a way of controlling, of ordering, of giving a shape and a significance to the immense panorama," according to a quote attributed to T.S. Eliot.

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