1. assume that it will be necessary to read a poem more than once.
Give yourself a chance to become familiar with what the poem has to offer.
Like a piece of music, a poem becomes more pleasurable with each encounter.
2. Pay attention to the title; it will often provide a helpful context for the
poem and serve as an introduction to it. Larkin's " a study of reading
habits' is precisely what its title describes.
3. As you read the poem for the first time, avoid becoming entagled in
words or lines that you don't understand. Instead, give yourself a
chance to take in the entire poem before attempting to resolve problems encountered along the way.
4. On a second reading, identify any words or passages that you don't
understand. Look up words you don't know; these might include names,
places, historical and mythical references, or anything else that is
unfamiliar to you.
5. Read the poem aloud ( or perhaps have a friend read it to you).
You'll probably discover that some puzzling passages suddenly fall into place
when you hear them. You'll find htat nothing helps, though, if the
poem is read in an artificial exagerated manner. Read in as natural a
voice as possible, with slight pauses at line breaks. Silent reading is
preferable to imposing a te-tumpty-te-tum reading on a good poem.
6. Read the punctuations. Poems use punctuation marks - in addition
to the space on the page - as signals for readers. Be especially careful not
to assum that the end of a line marks the end of a sentence, unless it
is concluded by a punctuation.
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7. Paraphrase the poem to determine whether you understand what happen in it.
As you work through each line of the poem. a
paraphrase will help you see which words or passages need further attention.
8. Try to get a sense of who is speaking and what the setting or situation is.
Don't assume what the speaker is the auther; often it is a created character.
9. Assume that each element in the poem has a purpose. Try to explain
how the elements of the poem work together.
10. Be generous. Be willing to entertain perspectives, vlues, experiences,
and subjects that you might not agree with or approve.
11. Try developing a coherent approach to the poem that helps you to
shape a discussion of the text. (...formalist, biographical, historical,
psychological, feminist, and other possible critical approaches.)
12.Don't expect to produce a definite reading. Many poems do not
resolve all the ideas, issues, or tensions in them, and so it is not always
possible to drive their meaning into an absolute corner. Your reading will
explore rather than define the poem. Poems are not trophies to be
stuffed and mounted. They're usually more elusive. And don't be afraid
that a close reading will damage the poem. Poems aren't hurt when
we analyze them; instead, they come alive as we experience them and
put into words what we discover through them.
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