Despite the assumption that all people possess an easy understanding of poetic metaphors, approximately one-in-ten people experience extreme difficulty making any sense of them. The difficulty is thought to accompany a condition named 'Alexithymia' - which refers to a lack of emotional and imaginative awareness. Through poetry, Greek mythology and psychological analysis this essay elaborates on the nature of poetry blindness.
Despite the assumption that all people possess an easy understanding of poetic metaphors, approximately one-in-ten people experience extreme difficulty making any sense of them. The difficulty is thought to accompany a condition named 'Alexithymia' - which refers to a lack of emotional and imaginative awareness. Through poetry, Greek mythology and psychological analysis this essay elaborates on the nature of poetry blindness.