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How Poetry Works

Stuff You Should Know

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The Best Way to Approach Poetry Is as a Typewritten Object of Art

The best way to approach poetry is as a typewritten object of art. A poem is so meticulously crafted that you can bet every word, every syllable in every single ine was hand picked and almost sculpted. If you come at a poem like that and that you're not going to get it the first time out, that you're supposed to spend some time and effort on it, you can start to appreciate poems.

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