My ideas about poetry have changed drastically after reading week 11 readings and activities. Before I thought reading poems was very simple but after week 11 readings it showed me how poems can be way more complicated than it may seem on the surface level. Reading “how to read a poem” had the biggest impact on my thoughts regarding poems it made me realize I was one of those readers who made 2 of the 3 false assumptions when addressing an unfamiliar poem which was Assuming that I should understand what I encounter on the first reading and 2. Assuming the poem is a code I should crack and if I can’t do so I’ve missed the point of the poem. It also taught me to read poems out loud which is something I never do when reading poems. All in all this week readings helped me understand poetry way better than I did before and given me alot of useful tips I can use on the poems I read in the future
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I’ve had the same mindset also before I used to just skim through a poem without understanding what it really means and didn’t interpret the unique language used. Cracking the code of a poem is a nice reference you used and it’s something I’ve had to do also to understand it. It has made me use my imagination more and reading it out loud definitely helps more. Also, paying attention to the poem’s rhyme scheme has helped me and by doing that I think about the effects it creates on the poem.