One way my knowledge and understanding of poetry has been broadened by all of this week’s reading was by figuring out how to actually read a poem. One thing that was hard for me, especially with reading older poems, was knowing where the lines ended. After reading the article “How to Read a Poem”, it advised to read it out loud. Normally this isn’t something that I would do, but I was already having some trouble decoding the Shakespeare poems. When reading it out loud I found that I was naturally making stops. This made it make more sense to me, it allowed me to take more time to read it, and the natural stops made the line stops make sense to me. Also, since I was reading out loud, I was forced to slow down and that made the poem more digestible for me and help with my analysis of what was being said.
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hey there! I totally get what you mean. I struggled with reading Shakespeare too. I found that reading it out loud helped me create a visual of the emotion and meaning of what I was reading. Sometimes my nerves get a bit shot when I know I have to try and decipher older language. I think that’s why I also enjoyed that article. Thank you so much for sharing.