How to Read (and Even Enjoy) Poetry

Poetry has an undeserved reputation for being difficult and confusing. But the truth is that you don’t have to figure poetry out--you just have to read it. In this video, we talk about what poetry is, and we read a poem together with the goal of enjoying it rather than deciphering it. Check out these cool contemporary poems: Poems in this Video The Red Wheelbarrow: Dawn: !/Dawn 0:00 Introduction 1:35 What Poetry Does 4:36 Why I Love “The Red Wheelbarrow“ 6:07 Reading a Poem 9:14 Conclusion