In the previous video, we explored how verse poetry is a special mode of literature that is regulated by unique forms of punctuation. It’s a mode of communication that is vivid, imagistic, and suggestive. A poem is not a riddle to be solved. A poem is not something that can be paraphrased. A poem does not always contain a moral or “message.” A poem is not hiding some “deeper meaning” from you. A poem is not something that can be explained by a summary. A poem must be experienced on its own terms. And close reading is an important part of that experience.

0:000:25 Introduction
0:252:06 History of Close Reading
2:053:09 The origins of my method
3:105:00 Step 1 Context
5:006:00 Step 2 Observe Words
6:07:10 Step 3 Experience
7:108:00 Step 4 Mark Meter
8:009:10 Step 4 Structure
9:1310:34 Importance of Close Reading

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