Should a poem express imaginative ideas, to describe someone or an event,
to express strong feelings on a particular subject,
to persuade or dissuade a certain mindset or change of heart,
to inform or reform,
to explain, educate, incite, entertain, celebrate,
or to simply tell a story?
The purpose of the poem should be apparent to the reader.
What was the poem meant to do?
I've got you under my skin
I've got you deep in the heart of me
So deep in my heart, that youre really a part of me
I've got you under my skin
I've tried so not to give in
I've said to myself this affair never will go so well
But why should I try to resist, when baby will I know than well
That I've got you under my skin
I'd sacrifice anything come what might
For the sake of having you near
In spite of a warning voice that comes in the night
And repeats, repeats in my ear
Don't you know you fool, you never can win
Use your mentality, wake up to reality
But each time I do, just the thought of you
Makes me stop before I begin
cause I've got you under my skin
Music and lyrics by Frank Sinatra
__________________________________________________ "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
~ Albert Einstein
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