In most poetry, it is the connotations and the baggage that words carry (the weight of words) that are most important. These shades and nuances of meaning can be difficult to interpret and can cause different readers to hear a particular piece of poetry differently.
Empathy is the ability to share and understand the emotions of others. It is a construct of multiple components, each of which is associated with its own brain network. There are three ways of looking at empathy. First there is affective empathy. This is the ability to share the emotions of others.
So, what's empathy and what does empathy look like in the real world? Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person. So, there are two types of empathy, affective empathy and cognitive empathy. Affective empathy, also called emotional empathy, is the kind of empathy that we all have inherently. This is where we react to another person's display of emotions. If someone is crying, we get them a tissue.