However, How to Read a Poem is appealing proof that an intimate response to something as potentially private as a poem – at least, when that response is as schooled and thoughtful as that provided by ...

America's Most Widely Misread Literary Work The text accompanying a new Atlantic video, animated by Jackie Lay, challenged the prevailing interpretation of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken ...

Cambridge students were asked in an exam to write about a poem which included no words, just punctuation. How would you go about making sense of it, asks Jon Kelly. Turn over your papers, please ...

Read the poem aloud again for a second time. What do they think the poem is about? How do they know? Underline words or phrases in the text that help them to work out the meaning of the poem.

At one time or another, when face-to-face with a poem, most everyone has been perplexed. The experience of reading a poem itself is as likely to turn us off, intellectually or emotionally, as it ...

Reading poetry can be a daunting affair. In Australian Poetry Month, an expert shows us how one poem works – and what it reveals.

Poetry has deep roots in music — in fact, in some cultures, poetry and song are the same word. Edward Hirsch, author of A Poet's Glossary, explains how poets use rhythm to reach their readers.

When I talked to Aimee Bender, author of The Color Master, for this series, she mentioned a recent article in the journal Science that suggested reading fiction changes one’s orientation towards ...

They can seem daunting to write but are wonderful to receive so here are a handful of tips to write your own love poem.