Biographies of the Poets

"A great poem is a work
of art that affects many generations of readers, changes lives, challenges
assumptions, and breaks new ground."

�Poetry has been regarded as a refuge from life,
where dreams may heal the wounds of reality."

A great poet is the sum of his or her experiences in life and a poet's work is many times a reflection of those experiences.

How are the works of a poet a reflection of his or her life's experiences?