The very name of this literary piece is able to help the reader understand the meaning behind this work without the reader having to start digging into the work. This helps draw the reader into the work with anticipation. Dana Gioia alludes to the fact that, although the number of poetry enthusiasts has increased over time, the art of poetry has slowly been lost among the average citizen. Joy urges poets to pursue a more passionate publicity toward the rewarding benefits associated with poetry. The passion that Gioia conveys towards this topic also helps to draw the reader into her piece because the reader can easily conclude how influential the poem can be in one's life. Literature can be very influential. He states that although there are on average more books, articles and journals accessible now than ever before, people still seem to lack the passion needed to truly appreciate poetry for what it is. This is the point that raises the question: “can poetry matter?”. Gioia states, “…while the specialized readership of American poetry has steadily expanded, its general readership has shrunk.” This helps prove the theory that although resources have increased tremendously over the years, the decline of passionate poetry lovers has simply diminished in a way that is too vast to see. One way these differences can be seen is by considering how much a poet's income in today's society is compared to the past. In the past, a poet could easily provide for his family with just the written word. Their work as an active poet was considered so profitable that the amount of payment they received was much more than necessary. Today, a poet can barely make a decent living simply by writing poetry without the help of any other source of income. This is because the need for poetry has become less evident in the minds of many citizens