Poetry shows us a strong power and makes us feel subtle emotion.It may be read like nosense, but if we be aware of its inner function by our soul, it will helps define our respongses to them. Herry James called poetry as the felt sense of life.
There are manyfamous poetrys that we`ll never forget around the world. We herad it from books, teachers and even history. For centuries people have tried to define and characterize poetry in many different ways. The following quotation may suggest part of the features of poetry.
What is Poetry? Who Knows?
　　Not a rose, but the scent of the rose;
　　Not the sky, but the light in the sky;
　　Not the fly, but the gleam of the fly;
　　Not the sea, but the sound of the sea;
　　Not myself, but what makes me
　　See, hear, and feel something that prose
　　Cannot: and what it is, who knows?
　　　　　　　　　　　　 by Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965)