@sammy | 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.

sammy

1 month ago

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

1 month 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 month 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,

sammy

1 month ago

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

literati

1 month 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 month ago

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