Poetry uses rhythms and imagery to produce emotion and thoughts of the reader. It is believed that the first known poem appeared 4000 years ago in Babylon. 21st March is celebrated as World Poetry Day. Let us find what are the 11 surprising facts about the World Poetry Day:
1. March 21st is celebrated as World Poetry Day for the purpose of giving recognition and motivation to national, regional and international poetry movements.
2. UNESCO proposed and adopted March 21st as World Poetry Day on the occasion of its 30th general conference held in Paris in the year 1999.
3. Each year this day has a theme, like in 2021 the theme was to honour former poets who devoted their lives in creating literary works of art.
4. This day also serves the purpose of promoting poetry as a form of art and help people to do poetry recitals.
5. It was celebrated in October every year before making March 21st as a World Poetry Day officially.
6. Many countries observe Poetry Day in October even today.
7. Poets from different countries are honoured and are asked to share their life stories to inspire next generation.
8. Reading, writing and teaching poetry is promoted on this day to make people understand the importance of the growth of linguistic diversity through poetry.
9. The American Poetry Museum in Washington DC was established in 2004. It is one of the first museums to focus in works of famous poets and exhibits their famous poems to others.
10. Many people think that writing a poem or understanding it is very difficult and there is a phobia named Metro phobia which means fear of poetry. This phobia is first developed in school and the child feels anxious to attend classes related to poetry in school. Contrary to this, there are some who are so hooked in writing poetry that they suffer from Metromania.
11. The longest poem in the world is ‘Mahabharata’, this ancient Indian classic poem has 1.8 million words and over 100000 lines.
Sources:
Republicworld.com | National Today | greetingcardpoet.com | Metrophobia | Fandom
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