Why Poems Remain Popular Even Today?

'Twinkle twinkle little stars,

How I wonder what you are?'

This was a little rhyme that you were taught in kindergarten that you probably won't forget till you go to your grave. Have you ever wondered why was it rhymed and told to you? Why couldn't they just tell you about the stars? Wouldn't it have been so much simpler? Poems are looked forward to at every little occasion today. Be it birthdays, anniversaries or just for no reason, poems are chosen over simple words. People just love them. These rhymes that became popular in the 7th century, continue to glitter our world even today. But why? Why is that poems remain popular even today? Let's find out.

One of the most obvious reasons why people love when poems are written for them is, poetry requires an extra effort when compared to words just penned down. So it makes them feel more special. It stays in the mind and can't be forgotten easily. It is easy to simply say what a person means to you, but when you have to arrange words in such a way that they rhyme, sound appealing to the ears and also make sense, it requires an additional unique effort. You wouldn't do it for anyone, unless that person meant something. Not everyone can manage to both rhyme as well as make sense in the same stanza. Not everyone is a born poet.

Poetry sounds beautiful even when it is simply criticism. Even when you are saying something really harsh, it sounds with love in poetry form. For the first few seconds a person will simple be awed by the way it sounded, before he realizes that it offensive. We have essays, articles, speeches and so on, that commence and end with a poetry. If written well, it gives a clean kickstart to any kind of write up. Even a two line poem speaks so much. It can actually sum up what the whole article is about. It also sounds good when used at the end. It completes any form of writing. Hence writers use poems for their own advantage.

In olden times, lovers would compose poems for their loved ones to express their love for each other. Today lethargic lovers simply pen down their feelings for each other, not even bothering to use good language, let alone poetry. Their absence today, makes exclusive love poems even more popular.

Come to think of it, who wouldn't love a poem of love written for them, even if it wasn't written by their lover?