10-second review: The value of writing poetry is in learning to use images, metaphors and symbols. The approach to reading poetry should be, first, to understand a poem as a communication of experience, and then to appreciate the imagery and economy of poetic language.
Source: “Teaching Students to Write Poetry.” Joseph J. Feeney, S.J. pp. 395-398. [Sorry, I lost the journal source.]
Comment: Interesting purpose for writing poetry and a sequence of activities for reading it. RayS.
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