How to Read a Poem

I love the first statement of this article. The writer talks about how when you first come to a poem that you do not come to it with the intentions of cracking a code or understanding it the first time or that the poem means whatever you want it to mean. I have had personal situations in the past to where someone told me that my poem did not make sense because they could not figure it out. Or they would did too deep into it and find a meaning that simply was not the meaning. I apologize if I seem to rant and rage but i am, this is annoying!

I also like how the writer says that the text can speak to us through the style of the writing. Like the Bible when something is repeated in poetry it is because it is being emphasized. Some of these styles can also be as follows. arrangement, sound and rhythm. All of these are important in the writing of poetry and one must pay close attention to these too.

When i read the Red Wheelbarrow I was astonished at how simple it was, but then I read the passage below it and I thought to myself, "could it really be much deeper and intellectual than that at which I give it credit for"? I afraid so. I love poems for the simple fact that they can be simple but yet far more complicated for the plebeian mind.

when I read the story Diving into the wreck I tried to read it before looking at the title and at first I was somewhat lost but found my way towards the end so then I reread it with this new knowledge and found it to be freeing. I myself have dived down deep into the murky blue and found myself at peace, you breath slower and your mind relaxes. You feel the warmth and cold of the water beating against your body and you see the sun shining through the surface. Just like the diver I some times forget what I go there for. I could relate allot to this story. i could also see myself as the ship. Now I am on a steady course to fulfill my destiny and one day I to will rest at the bottom of the earth.