How should I read poetry? Should I just read it and see if I like it for whatever reason? Should I learn rhymes, forms and patterns beforehand? Should I study accompanying notes that explain what the poet meant by a certain analogy, or what feeling is he trying to evoke with a certain alliteration or the choice of a particular word?
And what when I switch to poetry in another language? Should I do something to get it (for examples, rhymes and forms may be different or have a different significance in other languages and traditions) or once I do it for one language I'm set for all the languages (that I can understand)?
By the way, I've bought image related. It's a big book of poems ordered by date of appearance to the public, going from poems in middle English to contemporary ones.
Read in your native language first. If you're older than 6 you should be able to feel the rhythm. You don't really need to study any technicalities to enjoy poetry. Notes are useful, but not essential.
David Russell
i tried several times and i just don't get it. the closest to evoking any resction in me was rilke and only slightly and occasionally. guess poetry just isn't for everyone
Yeah, autistic people usually have a hard time with poetry
Ethan Evans
what a helpfull post
it just feels like almost every poet tries way too hard.
you could suggest me some better ones instead
Tyler Gomez
Chaucer
Brayden Bennett
>what a helpfull post >it just feels like almost every poet tries way too hard. >you could suggest me some better ones instead What's your native language?
