What Good Is Poetry? Shakespeare’s ‘The Seven Ages of Man’: A Definitive Work

What Good Is Poetry? Shakespeare’s ‘The Seven Ages of Man’: A Definitive Work
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The whole point in human beings’ reading, writing, and memorizing poetry is to become more human.

As the beating heart of the humanities, poetry measures the meters of existence, bringing us into closer contact with who we are as humans—as knowers and lovers. And the more we know about the human experience, the more in tune and in love with our humanity we become.

Sean Fitzpatrick
Sean Fitzpatrick
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Sean Fitzpatrick serves on the faculty of Gregory the Great Academy, a boarding school in Elmhurst, Pa., where he teaches humanities. His writings on education, literature, and culture have appeared in a number of journals, including Crisis Magazine, Catholic Exchange, and the Imaginative Conservative.
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