images/personifying

No mind blowing-ness here: we all know what imagery is thanks to basic English class. I was looking forward to some new discovery about imagery that I never would have thought of before in this section, but sadly it was the same old same old. I never really thought about how awesome it is that poet can use imagery within their poems. Poems are so short sometimes, much shorter than a novel or book, so they have such a concise area to portray the overall image to the reader. Some poets do this flawlessly and I really thing this takes alot of skill. When I'm trying to write a poem, it usually takes me several lines to get my image across, when some poets can do it with just a single line! I never really appreciated how much thought and strategy goes in to poetry before. I'm a tad neutral on the personification claims, however. Yes I can agree that sometimes the personification used in poems and writing can be outrageous and are completely unnecessary. However, sometimes a seemingly unrelated object can be used to portray a whole new meaning of a person or thing happening gin the poem. Like imagery, I think correct personification is an acquired skill and in order for it to be effective, it must be really thought over to give it a full meaning.