Throughout the ages, there are countless Chinese and foreign poets, who have written unparalleled masterpieces and are praised by people. Even after thousands of years, their names are still widely known. However, throughout the ages, the lives of these great poets are mostly unsatisfactory, which makes people sigh. Qu Yuan was demoted, but was given Li Sao. Du Fu is also a poet who achieved success in suffering. Shelley said that poets are people who tell others about their experiences after suffering. Perhaps it is this special experience that enables them to write these masterpieces, so even though there are countless poets in the world, few people like poetry!
Why is this? In my opinion, being a poet needs certain special experiences and rich emotions, but being a poetic person is not that simple, because only a wise person can become a poetic person. Think about how smart a person is to live a picturesque life!
So most poets are suffering people, and those who like poetry must be wise people. Such people, whether in peacetime or in wartime, will live a more meaningful life than most people! Even in wartime, they can live a luxurious life!
For this kind of people, I think they really understand poetry, because for most people, what is the meaning of poetry to people? I think many people are ambiguous. I think poetry is not only used for recitation and lyricism. For most people, reading poetry is just to show their temperament. If you need to recite a poem or two casually, it will be more cultured!
But I think that people who really understand poetry are not used to show off in front of outsiders, but to enrich and guide themselves through poetry and integrate poetry into their own lives, so that their lives are as poetic as poetry. Poetry is me, I am a poem, and poetry and I are one. This is the highest realm of reading poetry!