What are your usual strategies for reading a poem?
How many times do you read the poem?
Do you read the footnotes (if they exist)?
Do you use a dictionary?
Do you read the poem aloud?
Do you take notes?
What problems do you have?
When I read poems, I usually first time round look for the obvious. The second time, around I try and pick out the various meanings, what the poet could have been trying to put across. Then I will go through it until my definition feels as though I believe the story should be told. I do read the footnotes if they exist due to the fact that sometimes, they include hints to what the poem could actually mean, I also use a dictionary for any unknown words. I don't normally read the poem aloud though, because I find the confusion of thought a better way to help me think of all the possible outcomes. I occasionally take notes depending on how I feel about the poem. I have problems with not relating to some poems, because I believe only some are aimed towards yourself.
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