Analysis of Poetry as Art of the Soul
Reflecting on art,
while reflecting on his own life,
Swiss psychiatrist,
the eminent Carl Gustav Jung,
expressed this of poetry:
“Poets create from
the very depths of
the Collective Unconscious,
voicing aloud what others dream.”
This he wrote eloquently
in Volume 6 of his Collective Works.
This he delineated emphatically
in paragraph 323.
And with poetic amplification,
as a student of the soul,
Carl Jung furthermore declared,
in Volume 15 of his Collective Works,
citing paragraph 115,
the nature of poetry:
“We would do well, therefore,
to think of the creative process
as a living thing…
planted in the psyche.”
Poetry of and for the soul
is of divine inspiration.
Biblically, it is divine literature,
expressing deep emotions,
deep insights, deep meanings.
Poetry, when it is sacrosanct,
emerges from the depths of the soul;
reflecting on life and death;
and on the human condition.
Poetry is a curative healing balm.
It is spiritual medicine for the soul.
It is not respective of differences.
Rather, it focuses on unifying.
When we reflect on poetry,
it gives cause for us to rest;
to ponder and meditate
on that which unifies all.
On the source of our creation.
Poetry is a curative act.
A creative act of the soul,
inviting us to suspend judgment…
if only for a moment;
as we reflect on the very meaning;
on the purpose of our lives.
Scheme | XXXXA XXXX ABAC DEXBCA XXFA EDXXX XEXD XEXF AXXXD XEGGFX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011 10101111 10100 01001101 0111100 10011 01011 001010 10011101 1111000 010110101 1101000100 010 010100010 1010101 111001 010110101 1010 0101100 11111 11100101 10101 100010 10010101 1101010 111011000 0101010 11110 100111100 010101101 0101101 01010010 10010100101 111000100101 11101011000 1011001100 11011100 1111111 110010 11111 101110010 100101001 00101101 010110110 1101010 1101101010 10101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,366 |
Words | 276 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 6, 4, 5, 4, 4, 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 47 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
This ten-stanza poem, called “Poetry as Art of the Soul,” employs mixed poetic measures of a quatrain, a cinquain, and a sestet. It emerged from my reflection on the ‘inner work’ of poetry, poets, philosophers, psychologists; and on my own course of life employing poetry even into my advanced years, to provide me with a sense of direction, meaningfulness, and fulfillment.
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Written on September 03, 2023
Submitted by karlcfolkes on September 03, 2023
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