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3294624 No.3294624 [Reply] [Original]

How do you read poetry /lit/?

>> No.3294627

>>3294624

it's the crown of all the literature, you fool

>> No.3294629

My eyes perceive text on a page. Via a complicated apparatus of all kinds of references, these symbols are translated into a vague context of signification in my mind.

>> No.3294631

Step 1: Have eyes (IMPORTANT!!)
Step 2: Look at poetry
Step 3: Digest until poetry has ended

>> No.3294637

>>3294627

I'm not insulting it I just want to read it. I read every poem with the same pacing how do you read it?

>> No.3295059

Op read the ode less travelled by Stephen Fry, admittedly it's about writing g poetry but you get a good understanding about reading and appreciating poetry as well

>> No.3295066

Verse poetry: Read and enjoy

Free verse poetry: LIKE, LET THE POEM TOUCH YOUR HEART, MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN. SAVOUR EACH WORD AND LINE LIKE IT'S FILET MIGNON, READ THE POEM 19 TIMES SO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW EVERY WORD IS A THING AND THEN HOW THE TAPERING OF THE LINES REPRESENTS A LEAF BECAUSE THE POEM IS ABOUT A LEAF (WHICH IS WHY IT'S CALLED "TUMBLING WASTREL IN A DREARY FOG")

E.E. Cummings: I get it. Do you get it? I totally get it. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

>> No.3295069

>>3294624

I use my face, and the things in it.
How do you read poetry?

>> No.3295106

>>3295059
Not OP but could you recommend more books on writing poetry? If they can be found in spanish then better but if not, no problem.

>> No.3295825

>>3294624
i'd follow Ezra Pound's advice:

1. Direct treatment of the "thing" whether subjective or objective.
2. To use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the presentation.
3. As regarding rhythm: to compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of a metronome.

>> No.3295842

Try not to just half-assedly read it through once. Go slowly and let it linger a bit. Think about things like form and metre and word choice and its effect on the poem.

>> No.3296020

>>3294624
I suggest taking an Intro to Poetry class at a local college. Learning to read poetry is one of the things they focus on in depth.