This is quote from the reading in Activity 1, “How to Read Poem” by Edward Hirsch. “Reading a poem is part attitude and part technique.” Please answer both 1 and 2. 1. Restate this in quote in your own words. 2. With specific reference to one of the poems from Weeks 8 or 9, discuss your personal experience with these two components of reading poetry. Be sure to support your response with a short quote from the poem you are discussing. To submit your post, follow the steps below. 1. Scroll up to the black strip at the top of the screen and click the black “plus” sign inside the white circle. It is located to the right of the course title. 2. In the box that reads “Add title,” type in a title that includes your first name, last name, and the words “Discussion 9 (example: John Hart Discussion 9). 3. Type your response in the text box. Remember that your first post must be at least 150 words in order to receive full credit. 4. Navigate to the right side of the screen and choose the Post Category “Week 3 Discussion.” DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING UNDER THE BOX THAT READS “CATEGORY STICK.” LEAVE THAT AS IT. (It will read “Select Category.”) 5. Publish the post by clicking the blue button on the right. 6. Please leave a thoughtful reply to the post of one other classmate. Remember that your comments to others should be at least 75 words in order to receive full credit.
Week 9 Discussion
I believe that this quote “Reading a poem is part attitude and part technique” means that poems have true meanings and always reflect on our daily emotions, thoughts and feelings that attract readers to understand and connect to those emotions.The attitude in the poem by Patricia Jackson’s “My Muse” expands a great love this person has for someone and instead of getting hurt ,it was better to let it go with all the memories that stayed within the love. “I’m thinking of all the reasons you would leave.I let you go before our love could take hold.”This line explains how her emotions have gotten her thinking negativity but positivity about her love towards her own happiness.I can connect to both poems “My Muse” and “How to Read a poem” with a personal experience.I remember when i was in high school i felt in love with this boy,he was smart and everything,one of a kind as a person can be described but i always use to get distracted with school work and homework,so there was me one time thinking.I have to look out for myself and part of that was my attitude and technique to balance however it was better for me to let go of all the love I had towards him and to settle it down like friends so at the end of the day,no one would get hurt.
“Reading a poem is part attitude and part technique,” implies that a balance of emotional attention and analytical thought is necessary to entirely engage with the poem. One of the poems of week 9 that I think I can relate to and understand is “We Real Cool.” The poem is about how they think they are “Real cool” by leaving school. Lurking late drinking alcohol and doing others stuff that a adolescents can’t be doing. I think I can relate because in high school, I was, or I tried to be “Real Cool”. I frequently cut classes and l lurked late too. But then I realized I don’t want to be living in the street asking for one dollar when I have the opportunity to have a better life and now, I’m almost graduating from college
If I were to put the quote “Reading a poem is part attitude and part technique.” into my own words I would say that when reading a poem you have to leave narratives in the past such as, “Poetry is hard to decipher.” and “I have to understand a poem on the first try.” and have a more positive more outlook on reading. I would also say that you have to look for literary techniques for meaning such as alliteration, rhyming, and imagery. In class this week we read the poem White Lies by Natasha Trethewey. I used some of the strategies learned in the article to help me decipher this poem. The first time I read this poem, I felt a bit frustrated that I didn’t understand what the poem was trying to convey. But thinking back to the article I was reminded that I should try reading the poem multiple times and out loud instead of giving up. The article also mentioned how the way lines are structured can affect the meaning of a poem. I encountered this technique when reading the poem. “I could easily tell the white folks that we lived uptown,” (Trethewey, lines 7-8” Reading both lines with no pause in-between you would interpret this as Trethewey telling people that she lives uptown. But when using breaks between each line you can also interpret the first line as Trethewey (who was often mistaken for being white) being able to tell who was white from who wasn’t.
“Reading a poem is part attitude and part technique.” I believe that this quote means that there is much that goes into a poem. While reading a poem, the reader must keep in mind of the poet who is capturing what can be an “experience, idea or feeling.” A poem’s meaning is not the only goal of the text, a lot of it is the relationship a reader forms with the poet. A poem doesn’t have just one meaning, understanding is part of it, and the other components are found in the way the poet expresses themselves. Such as, the rhythm and the shape of the poem. While reading the poem “What lips my lips have kissed, and where and why.” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, I noticed a technique she used to convey her point of love and aging was symbolism. Millay describes her love life as changing seasons such as, “Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree, Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one, Yet knows its boughs more silent than before” (Millay.) In this quote, the poet refers to different seasons in the sense of different stages of her life. Readers can relate to Millay’s lonely love life she reflects on as she becomes older and reminisces the experiences she shares with her failed romances. She expands on her emotions of sadness with a tragic attitude of this text and towards her disappointment in her failures in love.
The quote “Reading a poem is part attitude and part technique” simply refers to having the ability to take right steps and maintaining an open mindset when analyzing and attempting to make sense of a poem. To understand a poem what it takes is developing techniques and critical thinking if the message isn’t clear. Having the right attitude generally is the key to overcoming many different problems, one being deciphering the meaning in a poem. An good example of a poem would be “White Lies by Natasha Trethewey. In this poem she recalls her childhood and the many lies she told which she believed were simply innocent lies, yet later found out they would prove to be more. Within the quote “I could act like my homemade dresses came straight out the window of Maison Blanche.” It describe the type of image that she wanted to portray. A falsehood that she wanted everyone to believe. This poem overall message can be deciphered through the use of proven techniques and a good attitude.
“Reading a poem is part attitude and part technique,” it tells us that to read a poem it has technique to read and it is part of our attitude it has so many different emotion different meanig in ine sentence we have to feel emotion of poem.The attitude in W. B. Yeats’ poetry “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” this poem has very deep thinking and it is emotional poem line like “And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow” after reading this poem we can easliy understand poem it is very great story . In first time i can’t understand the poem but after reading second time i understand that “The Lake of Isle of Innisfree” this place were narrator wants to visit to find peace and silence. In the line “I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore”. It is quiet depresing poem i don’t like it it is trying to explain the sound of waves weach are coming at the beach.
“Reading a poem is part attitude and part technique,” in simple words it takes right abilities and right perspective to understand a poem. My feelings and thoughts when I read the poem “Train to Brooklyn” by Henry Stowe affected how I understood it. When I read the lines about “Underground tracks clank and moan, Through tunnels of brick and bone,” it made me feel a bit uneasy. This unease was because I connected the “clank and moan” with a spooky and uncomfortable sensation, and it influenced how I saw the poem. When I looked closely at how the poem was written, I noticed that it had a lot of pictures and comparisons. For example, when it talked about “tunnels of brick and bone,” it created a strong mental image of the subway’s underground tunnels. The poet used these clear images to show the subway’s character and its history.
It takes technique and attitude to read poetry. The rich imagery and sensory language of W. B. Yeats’ poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” convey an emotional reaction to the speaker’s longing for a peaceful retreat. The lines that convey the poem’s ideas, such as “I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore,” make it easier for the reader to identify the poem’s topics and enjoy the masterpiece. The reader is profoundly moved by the poem’s need for comfort and its striking portrayal of nature, particularly amid the fast-paced world of today. The passage “And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow” alludes to the reader’s want for calm and a more leisurely pace of existence. It takes certain abilities and a mentality to read a poetry. The poetry itself has a lot of attitude and skill. “Reading a poem requires both technique and attitude.” nicely complements the poem by W. B. Yeats.
Reading poetry requires both attitude and technique. The attitude in W. B. Yeats’ poetry “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” is the emotional response to the poem, depicted by the speaker’s deep longing for a peaceful place. The technique component was the poem’s structure, such as vivid imagery and sensory language, which helped me in seeing and engaging with the speaker’s desires. Lines such as “I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore” express emotions. In my experience both of these components, attitude and technique, come together to create a deeper emotional reading experience through which I can find the poem’s themes and appreciate the work of art.
The quote “Reading a poem is part attitude and part technique” refers to a demonstration that in order to read and write a poem it really takes a lot of skills. Writing a poem about a person and knowing how to express your feelings in a short, classy and unique way is what the “part technique” is. Another way to express a format of a poem is on vacations, past experiences and even even lies who made you as a person. In the poem In the poem “White Lies by Natasha Trethewey it speaks about childhood memories and lies she once told. The quote “i could act like my homemade dresses came straight out the window of Maison Blanche.” was a symbol of what a life she fantasize for her was. Poems create a different view in every person life whether it’s s from love to lies.
“Reading a poem is part attitude and part technique.” This quote from the reading “How to Read Poem” by Edward Hirsch reveals that to read a poem we require a sense of mindset and skills to interpret it. The poem that I most resonate is the poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree“. For most people when they first read the poem they might find it easy to interpret it. Some might know it from the title itself and what the narrator is talking about. However, for me I didn’t know what Innisfree was so initially when I first read the poem I thought that the narrator must have wanted to go somewhere far. Far away from humans, away from everyone and everything. The afterlife or the haven I thought. Maybe it was meant to be a depressing poem. Nevertheless, after reading the lines again and discussing the poem together with classmates I found out that it was the lake the lake isle of Innisfree where the narrator wanted to visit. A place where he will find peace and joy “And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made” (Hirsch). After the pandemic I’ve learned or should I say enjoyed my own company so time to time I’ll think about building a house far away in the woods which is impossible right now so whenever I feel burnout I try to go to a quite place like the lake down the block, where there are few people and try to reset my mind. “And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow” (Hirsch).
“Reading a poem is part attitude and part technique,” Poetry has the power to spark your curiosity and make you want to learn more about its meaning. Reading poetry might be challenging. It requires practice, and as you advance, your knowledge and abilities get better. In her poem “Train to Brooklyn,” Patricia Jackson describes how she arrives in Brooklyn feeling calm and focused. Based on my own experience, the Bronx remains my home and my childhood neighborhood despite all the strange things that go on there. “Where I’ve tried and failed,” (26). I prefer to go to the Bronx to get myself through tough times. Living in a multicultural neighborhood allows me to feel like I can be myself because of the diversity of music and cultures. The New York Botanical Garden and the zoo are the ideal places to visit in the Bronx if you enjoy the outdoors. Personally, I enjoy taking walks in Central Park while listening to my favorite music.
To paraphrase Edward Hirsch’s quote, “Reading a poem is part attitude and part technique,” I feel like I could say that “approaching a poem requires a combination of ways of thinking and methods.” Edward Hirsch’s assertion that one’s approach to poetry is influenced by one’s way of thinking and the skills one has developed applies. The mindset and attitude I bring to a poem often sets the tone for how I receive it. When you approach a work with openness and curiosity, you find that you can become more immersed in the world the poet has created. On the other hand, techniques that involve understanding poetic devices, structures, and nuances increase the depth of my appreciation and interpretation. There were times when I was enjoying my time alone, thinking of the words of great people from the past. It’s embarrassing haha. A good example is “The Island of Innisfree” by William Butler Yeats. The poem’s longing for solace and its vivid depiction of nature resonate deeply with me. This sentiment especially connects with me because in today’s fast-paced world [which can also be described as the speed of human progress], the yearning for peace and simplicity is even stronger. The line “”And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,” speaks to my own desire for tranquility and a slower pace of life.
“How to read Poem is part attitude and part technique.” To restate the quote with reference to Hirsch’s idea of intensification is: Engaging with a poem involves a blend of personal disposition and acquired skills. In my personal experience with reading poetry, I find that Edward Hirsch’s statement, “reading a poem is part attitude and part technique.” is true. When approaching a poem , the attitude which I engage with the text greatly influences my understanding and appreciation of it .Having an open and receptive attitude allows me to connect with the emotions and ideas conveyed by the poet. For example , in William Butler Yeats’ poem “The lake Isle of Innisfree,” my attitude of longing for quietness and escape sound with the poem’s theme of seeking solace in nature. The opening lines of the poem, “I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,” immediately captured my attention and bring to mind a sense of longing within me.
