Wam Literature

  Understanding poetry  Performance poetry is easier to follow since you can hear and feel what the poet is trying to communicate. Most often, we follow the non-verbal cues and facial expressions to understand pretty much everything. This is the reason why we get to understand a foreign language without having no knowledge of it. Poetry is a performance craft. For this reason, in order to grasp it well, one must see its performance to grasp in detail what the performer is trying to pass across. Nevertheless, the exam situation eradicates the need to listen and delves into your own knowledge of poetry. In order to answer poetry questions well, you ought to do the following:  a) Have a little knowledge about the poet. b) Understand the styles the poet has used to create music in the poem c) Identify the styles the poet has used to bring out the meaning of the poem d) Try to interpret the poet’s choice of words .  Getting to know the poet Poetry is like music. In music ...