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Where do I start on poetry, /lit/?

Can I just go look up who are the greatest poets and read random poems or should I do this methodically?

Please give me some suggestions.

>> No.8745485

Just get a copy of the Dream Songs and go from there.

>> No.8745496
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8745496

Step one: Learn greek
Step two: Learn chinese
??????????
Done

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8745606

Stop being so poor and reliant on others.
Cheers.

>> No.8745616

>>8745496
Pound uses more Italian than Greek, desu - and (at least in the Cantos), an understanding of French is more important than Chinese to understand the meat of what he's saying; the Chinese characters are usually more like a melody, in which their meaning is just a rephrasing of what's being said in the main text (usually English).
That being said, a basic understanding of Chinese history is pretty helpful for the fifth decad Cantos.

>> No.8745622

>>8745210
Robert Herrick is a pleasure to read. He doesn't have anything to say about his miserable childhood. (Since he was rich, he probably had an idyllic, honey-soaked childhood anyway.)

>> No.8745649

John Ashbery.

>> No.8746027

>>8745616
He's not referring to the Cantos. He's paraphrasing Pound's advice from ABC of Reading, I believe

>> No.8746491

>>8746027
Ohh... I should get around to that.