LET’S start off our exploration ofliterature today with a quotationfrom the Romantic poetWilliam Wordsworth, who famouslydefined poetry as “the spontaneousoverflow of powerful feelings”.
Yes, a good poem is usuallyinspired by the poet’s emotionsover someone or something, so thatwhen you read it aloud withexpression, you too will also bearoused. It is so imbued with feelingthat, even without knowing themeaning of various literary terms,you appreciate what it has to sayand can empathise with its writer.