Comments on: On Speaking Terms

By: sevescott

sevescott — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:38:28 +0000

I agree with you in that learning New Criticism has helped me to interpret poetry. I always liked poetry, and like you, I would pick out phrases that I loved; however I new that I never really understood what the author could be trying to say.

By: tlovdahl

tlovdahl — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:40:06 +0000

For me, poetry is my favorite thing to analyze because I can reread it one hundred times and decide what each word means to me. When I read literature I feel it becomes a part of my thoughts and my identity (not to be overly dramatic). But when one reads longer prose, words and sentences are bound to be overlooked and that is what dislike about it. I like absorbing a poem and letting it speak to me with each word.

By: emilycollins

emilycollins — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:09:39 +0000

I would have to agree with you about preference of reading material. I always find it difficult to get excited about reading poetry. There always seems to be an underlying meaning, which meant much more intense reading and, most likely, re-reading. Poetry also seems to insinuate multiple meanings and it’s hard to get my head around all of those different meanings for one simple word or phrase. Although, it’s hard to understand which words are important in poetry, especially if the reader is supposed to look at each word is important.