There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Poetry doesn't fix your life like charity does.
- In plain terms
- Poetry is not for practical life help.
- What can you take from it?
- Art is not a solution for survival.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is art for?
- Does art change lives?
Another view
Poetry can indirectly improve life through insight.
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