Poetry performances allow individuals to express their ideas and utilize the many elements of poetry including type, rhyme and meter, while including self-exhibition. Furthermore, poetry readings can be traced back thousands of years, even to when Homer’s poem Odyssey was read for pleasure and entertainment, often while people were gathered in a sitting room of types. As time progressed, poetry began to be read on stage in a theatrical setting (Poetry Through the Ages). Often, music accompanied this…
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