@nijoo | Any introductory-level recommendations about the the reading and analysis of poetry? I love novels, but I want to re-learn sit with form and words and lyricism. I'm not sure how or where to begin.

nijoo

Dec 25, 2024 11:50 PM

Any introductory-level recommendations about the the reading and analysis of poetry? I love novels, but I want to re-learn sit with form and words and lyricism. I'm not sure how or where to begin.

bawnjourno

11 months ago

This video is very 101 and intensely sincere, but is still good basic advice if you have no idea where to start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjwJQ0NVyYc

literati

1 year ago

As Berry mentions, ABC of Reading is great. I also liked Hirsch's How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry,

nijoo

1 year ago

Did you come across those titles before or after you were familiarized with poetry?

literati

1 year ago

I read them both when I was 18 and had been reading poetry for several years, but before I was able to properly analyze a poem (or literature at all). Hirsch might be a better starting point.

specialberry

1 year ago

Not read it myself but I heard Ezra Pound's ABC of Reading is good