Why is it important to read poetry at any age? Poetry is a subtlety, a message that goes beyond reason and reaches the subconscious faster and deeper than prose. Poetry readers cultivate some particular sentimental and intellectual traits. They become able to distinguish fine nuances in the surrounding reality. Poetry is in everything that surrounds us, and everyone feels it at least sometimes.
At old age, people tend to be more melancholic, and poetry can help them cultivate their sensibility. It is never too late for this…
At an age when free time is no longer a problem, reading poems is all the better to make your life more beautiful and to open your mind up to the sky, stars, nature and yourself.
Popular poetry for seniors include those classic poems that everyone should consider reading at least once in their lives ("Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "If" by Rudyard Kipling, Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by TS Eliot are only a few examples), as well as poems about growing old, such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Youth and Age", Lord Tennyson's "Tithonus", Thomas Hardy's "I look into my glass", WB Yeats’ "Sailing to Byzantium” and much more. The folks at https://www.erseniorliving.com/wesley-court-retirement-community-abilene-texas.aspx try to encourage their residents with poetry and other reading materials to keep them engaged.
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