Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-14

What rs poetry What u its mission
Poetry Is that division OF rhythmical dis
course that Is addressed primarily to
the feelings. The true poet lives m an
ideal world. lie sees harmony IN
nature aud In art, and his very being is
IN rapport with the soul Of things.
Poetry Is the language Of the heart, tax.
ing to itself a beauty Of form and Of
color unknown TO prose.
Nearly all that IS most beautiful In
our literature has been written Ia verse
by the great masters OF the English
tongue. Poetry Is the near companion
OF religion, music, and painting. The
man who has no poetry in his soul IS
not III TO live In this beautiful world.
lie Is a III denizen for a darker sphere.
Poetry Is the masters brush by which
he paints everything Il touches IN most
bcwitching colors. Poetry Is mostly
artistic and beautifully iemniner; Il IS
immortal, a ~ medium OF converse Tor
higher beings than morlals.
The mission Of poetry is to Introduce
man into the world OF emotions and
beauty. II eNalls and spiriiualzes his
nature, and moves him to GOd-like
action. Poetry does not directly aim al
moral reform or seek to give instructions;
yet while It gives proper direction to his
intellect, indirectly II assists one to make
the best choice.
Poetry may, perhaps, be divided into
four great divisions, Pastoral, Dramatic,
Epic and Lyric some make six
divisions which others give but two).
Pastoral poetry deals with objects In
nature. II tells OF spring with Ms
flower and leaf, It's birds and insects; o
summer with It's golden haryests and
rlpened fruits; vi autumn with lis many
colored leaves and dreamy days; OF
winter with its frozen lakes and falling
SHOWS and manly sports Pastoral
poetry introduces one to all that Is
beautiful IN nature. In the pastorals Of
Wordsworth we see m clearest vision
the scenery Of lovely valley and burning
mountain, aud lakes and clouds and
waterfalls In endless variety.
And o. ye Fountains, Meadows Hlh and
Groves
Forbade no, any seycring Of our loves.
love NE brooks, wdch down their channels
feet
Even more than when trppcd lightly as hey.
The ancient brightness Of a newborn day
l. lovely yet.
Thanks 10 thr human heart BY which We live,
Thinks 10 los tenderness Us Joys aud icJn,
To me- thc meanesi flower that blows can give
thoughts that do often DC too Getp for l5as.'
Dramatic poetry Is written in form
OF dialogue. Here the poet deals In
vigorous thought and strong passion,
as seen in human character, The
mission OF dramatic poetry Is the revela-
ton and perfection OF character Shake
speare. with his wonderful impersona.
ton, has brought together In striking
incident every imaginary character.
Shakespeare makes his characters lruer
TO lie than do the pages Of history. A
deeper insight is gained OF the character
OF Julius Caesar and Cleopatra from
Shakespeare's dramas than from
PlutaTch's Lives" Characters can
be found in the ideal creations OF Shake
speare, that will stand ior models for
an the generations 10 come How
many millions OF our race have been
made better and wiser by the study OF
the beautiful Porlia in the Merchant of
Nencel' | think that her address on
Mercy alone has done more tor =
moral reformation OF the world than
whole volumes Of sermons and moral
essays.
Epic poetry deals with some real or
mythical hero or heroine. An epic is a
great constructive poem built up with
vast systems OF narrative, meditation
and description in the deeps Of an ideal
world. Paradise Lost" Is the greatest
epic in our language, In sublime