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Nov 27, 2007 · Reading poetry well is part attitude and part technique. Curiosity is a useful attitude, especially when it’s free of preconceived ideas about what poetry is or should be. Effective technique directs your curiosity into asking questions, drawing you into a conversation with the poem.
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Read a poem with a pencil in your hand. Mark it up; write in the margins; react to it; get involved with it. Circle important, or striking, or repeated words. Draw lines to connect related ideas. Mark difficult or confusing words, lines, and passages.
Reading a poem several times allows it to filter through your perceptions, rearranging and shaping itself in your mind as new connections are made with each reading. Allow poetry the time to sink past your analytical mind into your emotions.
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Hit the rhymes, pick up on the rhythms, notice (but don’t dwell on) any interesting use of sounds in the poem. Read slowly and smoothly. If you stumble through the poem the second time, read it again and again until you get to the point where you no longer stumble over sound. Read the poem the third time for meaning.
Nov 2, 2014 · What if the predicament about poems is precisely our well-intentioned but ill-fitting dispositions toward reading them? Here are 20 modest proposals toward rethinking the act of reading a...
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Jul 3, 2023 · Reading a poem does not require an extensive knowledge into its anatomy, however, understanding the 3 pillars: language, form, and structure will help you to truly savour the poem. Poetry is an...
Nov 11, 2021 · How to Read Poetry: 5 Steps for Enriching Your Experience of a Poem. Reading poetry can be daunting if you do not have a manageable method for digesting poems on a page. Learn more about reading poetry and a five-step guide to getting the most out of poetic language.