I knew there was something magical about poetry. Now science has confirmed it:
Link: .
According to psychologists at Scotland's Dundee and St. Andrews universities, poetry exercises the mind more than a novel since the former guaranteed far more eye movement associated with deeper thought, reported the daily Scotsman.
People were found to read poems slower, concentrating and re-reading individual lines more than they did with prose. Preliminary studies using brain-imaging technology also showed greater levels of cerebral activity when people listened to poems being read aloud.
Try not to let this take the fun out of it as you celebrate Poetry Month.
