How To Read Poetry For Beginners (and Everyone Else!)

00:01:01 Introduction 00:05:40 What is Poetry? 00:09:25 How To Read A Poem 00:22:12 What Makes A Good Poem? 00:28:20 Subject 00:30:04 Context 00:33:37 Form & Structure 00:42:22 Rhythm, Meter & Rhyme 01:03:36 Language 01:23:24 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT: YAYYYYY! Sources and Further Reading: Poetry Handbook: For Readers and Writers (1993) - Dinah Livingstone Poetry For Dummies (2001) - The Poetry Center, John Timpane and Maureen Watts The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet (2012) - Stephen Fry Mr Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense (2017) - Jenny Uglow How Poetry Can Change Your Heart (2019) - Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley Poetry Recommendations: The Fat Black Woman’s Poems (1984) - Grace Nichols Kid (1992) - Simon Armitage Book of Matches (1993) - Simon Armitage The World’s Wife (1999) - Carol Ann Duffy Poetry Daily: 366 Poems from the World’s Most Popular Poetry Website (2003) - edited by Diane Boller Rapture (