On Instagram, we filter our photos to make them look just right. There are a lot of ways to explain poetry, but I tend to use an example almost everyone these days is familiar with: Instagram. We’re used to prose–sentences and paragraphs–and poetry doesn’t follow the rules we’re used to.
Poetry can be confusing because it is different from the things we normally read. When I ask them why they don’t like it, the main response I get from students is “I don’t get it,” or “It doesn’t make sense.” I also often hear that poets make too much of silly things, or that English teachers “read too much” into poetry. Whenever I introduce poetry in my English classes, I always get a lot of groans from students. Today, in honor of National Poetry Month and this month’s 12 Months of Books theme, I thought I’d share some basics on reading poetry. The series started with a post on finding time to read, and then I also wrote about reading comprehension and making connections with other texts.
In January I started a series called “Back to Basics” where I broke down some common reading issues we all face.
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