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u/TheRighteousMind · 3 pointsr/Poetry

I mean, you really need to be reading anthologies to get a basis of the poetic tradition and then move on to individual books. While individual books of poetry help you get a sense of each writer, getting a taste of many poets throughout many periods is the only way to really become well versed (pun-intended). Also, part of the way to learn how to read poetry more critically is learn how to write poetry, or at least what goes into writing poetry. And my personal advice is to purposefully read poetry that is hard for you to grasp or find interest in, whether that be due to understanding or content (e.g. Yeats and his faeries don’t interest me in the slightest).

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u/Rocksteady2R · 1 pointr/Poetry

Why Poetry, By Matthew Zapruder.

(A) I can't fully vouch for this book, haven't read it thru and thru yet.

(B) I just picked it up literally 2 days ago.

(C) In the bookstore though, the flap, intro and a few random samplings seemed to make it a reasonable read.

He doesnt' take on an acedemic stance about rhyme and meter and iambic pentameters etc, but talks more about how we tend to read poems, how we've culturally beeen trained to read poems, and offers some strategy on how to break down the language and motifs.

So it seems.

That's all I got for you.