Some of the best poetry expresses color and action, in imitation of life itself. Instead of saying, "It is morning," or "It is 6 a.m.," the poem might sing of the sun rising, and colors unfolding in a drama of dawn.

I awakened in the dawn,
And felt your love surround me,
As though your soul had searched the night,
And carefully had found me.

I felt your love alight from skies
High above the ceiling.
Was it really you?
Or just a gentle feeling?

A dramatic poem, with scenery, action, and characters, can have more impact than flat analysis -- for the same reason that a real-life experience is more meaningful than a novel.

Words have no life of their own; we give them life through our imagination. If the words evoke visual images, sounds, landscapes, personalities, and action, the reader gains an experience of that inner world, which might be as real as our physical world.