When we learn to read poems, we acquire a pleasure and a resource we never loose. Poetry records and embodies centuries of human thought and emotion, preserving for us the minds of people who lived before us, who were like and unlike us, against whom we can measure our common humanity and our historical difference. Poetry has changed tremendously since the 19th century however, when we read our contempories, I feel that they illuminate a world we share. With all of these transformation in literature, poets from one hundred years ago wrote about topics which are still relevant in today's modern world. It is remarkable that their written words can tell us more about our present, than they did about our past. Is it just an illusion that our world is evolving, or do these great poets have the power to see into the future?
             When we read poetry something changes inside us that stays changed forever. To read poetry we must observe, measure, and judge the people and the properties of our universe - inside and outside. Poems can be anywhere: in a literature book, a magazine, or even on a popsicle stick. One never realizes how much poetry we see each day and the immense impact that it has on our lives. Once you read a piece of poetry that strikes you, the material can be easily retained in your mind, and you will not be the same again.
             In my opinion, poetry is almost impossible to define. Only one who experiences poetry is able to begin to define it, because it can mean a different thing to each person. My favorite defination of poetry was given by Matthew Arnold when he said: "Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and wisely effective mode of saying things." Many famous writer have given their defination of what they view poetry to be, and in my opinion every single one of their definations makes more and more sense as I continue broaden my sense of knowledge about poems.
             In my conviction, the use of a metaphor ...