The colors, while primary, are purely arbitrary, and the concentric circles are not solid or absolute divisions in themselves. They occur in layers, as with onions. Poetry Circle I presents poetry as the core of human expression, and this I believe. From the earliest days of hightened human expression, poetry has been the medium of choice for texts spritual, mythological, political, epic or romantic in nature. Prose and poetry are taught separately, as discrete units of expression.
Students develop likes or distastes for one or the other, unaware one is part of the other.
Of course these illustrations are not presented to suggest a simple linearity, geometry or monodimensionality to the poetic process. In any single text there can occur a variety of passages, both utterly poetic and prosaic, the full spectrum of expression. However, there are many ways we can illustrate the concept of poetry and levels of poetry. To use figurative language, one of the primary characteristics of poetry, is to be witty, or cliche if the figure has been used before. Famous speeches often inspire by poetry.