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Ars Poetica
Title: Ars Poetica
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 316 | Pages: 1.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ars Poetica
The poem, “Ars Poetica”, written by Archibald MacLeish , can be summarized by its final stanza, “A poem should not mean / But be.” Macleish suggests that a poem is like any other piece of art and should be admired as an image. The image leaves the reader to decide of what the poem means to them through their own experiences. Compared to other forms of poetry, which the author of the poem tries to direct what …showed first 75 words of 316 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 316 total…his or her own personal way. Although the poem does contain words, there is a minimal amount compared to much lengthier poems that use strong feeling and descriptive words to create a specific image which control the readers perception of the poem. Alternatively, Williams creates an image as sharp as a picture that creates different reactions and feelings from each individual reader as they relate their own experiences to the scene shown in the poem.
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