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December 11, 2007 - 7:00am — dsader
- 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 peace of music, a poem becomes more pleasurable with each encounter.
- Do pay attention to the title; it will often provide a helpful context for the poem and serve as an introduction to it.
- As you read the poem for the first time, avoid becoming entangled in words or lines that you don’t understand.
