Lesson 14: From Kavikanthabharana

novelist

poet

playwright

historian

All of the these are true!

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(A) Poets should bring people together and make them laugh.

(B) Poets should understand people’s true selves.

(C) Poets should know about the different parts of the earth and space.

(D) Poets should understand the changes taking place in the world.

(E) Poets should travel and learn a lot of languages.

(A) Poets should unite people; they should entertain them.

(B) Poets should relate to different kinds of people; they should be sensitive and understanding.

(C) Poets should understand the universe.

(D) Poets should be flexible and open to change. They should grow like plants do in different seasons. They should see how things can have different characteristics or qualities over time.

(E) Poets should be among people and learn from them.

(A) It is healthy to laugh! If people enjoy poetry, they will read more of it.

(B) If you understand people, you will be better able to communicate with them.

(C) Poets should know how things work together and relate to each other, the way the moon and the tides of the ocean are connected.

(D) Poets should describe the different ways things work or exist. They should see how things grow and change.

(E) Poets should be people who experience many parts of the world, who are always learning new things.

(A) People need joy and laughter, and poetry can help provide those things. Poetry can unite people, which means that they might work together to solve problems.

(B) Poetry can offer people a special way to communicate with one another and

understand one another better. It can help them think about what life is like for others.

(C) If poets see how things work together or affect each other, they can help teach others about this. They can explain how different parts of an environment influence each other.

(D) By understanding the different qualities of things, poets are able to describe them more fully and accurately to readers. Seeing how things change and can have different qualities.

(E) Writing poetry is a way of learning something new. It also requires poets to use language in new ways, to surprise readers with figurative language or other new ways of describing things.