The activities and readings from Week 11 have renewed my interest in poetry. I found the article “How to Read a Poem” in Activity 2 particularly interesting. I was not aware that there were so many techniques that can be applied to reading a poem. I, personally, have been guilty of dismissing a poem if I was not immediately able to decipher its meaning after reading it once. It never occurred to me that it may have been the writer’s intention to cause the reader to make an effort to understand and appreciate the poem. I have also never considered reading a poem aloud to hear the rhythms and sounds of the words. I almost feel a little guilty not having put in the effort while reading poetry in the past and I wonder how many great poems I may have overlooked. I am now eager to read more poetry with the new skills I have acquired through the readings this week.
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I also think that this week’s reading and activities helped me understand poems better, Prior to learning about the techniques to read poems, I would often have trouble understanding them my first time reading them, but this may have been intentional. A poet would compress information into a few words, so it’s important for readers to be very attentive to details. And techniques, such as reading poems aloud can certainly help me get a better understanding of what I’m reading.