Top Ten Tips to Reading a Poem
This list is important to me because this is how I read poetry and enjoy it. It requires an environment where you feel calm and a snack to stimulate the brain.
- Prepare your mind to read poetry. Time your reading just right so that you are ready to think about what you are reading.
- Find a quiet space
- Read it once, then read it again out loud to hear the rhymes and rhythm.
- Look up vocab words
- Digest it
- After reading, ponder the meaning of the poem for a while. You can get up and walk around. While walking think about how this poem could relate to your life.
- Have a piece of minimum 48-hour day-old bread with you to chew while reading.
- After reading, if you still don’t know what it is about, talk to someone who you regard as a peer.
- With this newfound understanding, try to retain the information and use it to create a better self.
- Finish eating your bread.