My ideas about poetry have changed and broadened in response to week 11’s readings and activities because it gave me a better understanding of poetry and how to read it correctly. In activity 1 the video explains what poetry is and what poetry is not. We also learned about poetry vs prose and how they are different. In activity 2 it has an article on how to properly read a poem, towards the bottom of the article it states some helpful questions some may ask when approaching a poem for the first time such as: Who is the speaker?, What does the title suggest? Does the poem use unusual words or use words in an unusual way?, etc. Overall I used to read poems without really thinking about them and trying to figure out the true meaning of it, you really have to dig deep to find the true meaning of each stanza and why certain words were used.
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Yes, I agree with you that you really have to dig deep to discover the true meaning of each stanza. I used to always ignore the meaning of poetry too because it would annoy me to no end, but eventually learned how to see true meaning behind poems that I read which is definitely very rare. We properly read poems by assessing every little thing that is written by the author and sometimes that gets exhausting because not everyone has the same views in the way that they read said poems and people tend to disagree.
Hello Justine, I also used to read poems without trying to understand the meaning behind them. Like the reading in activity two states that a poem can be seen as a game, which means you have to work a little and put in the effort in order to succeed in it. Poetry is challenging, but if you put in the effort, you can eventually gain the skills needed to uncover the meanings behind the poems. Poetry is definitely meant to be read more than once and aloud.