Nice for Poetry Buffs

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Five Poems for People New to Poetry Read more at www.ashokkarra.com

None of the poems below are particularly long, and all of them are certainly memorable.

Shakespeare, Sonnet 73 – I give a general method for reading poetry (“New Criticism”) in this post. And for this poem, I actually stick to the method (I think).

Emily Dickinson, “If I can stop one heart from breaking…” – been muttering this to myself recently at times.

Jane Kenyon, “Otherwise” – any comment on this wouldn’t do it justice.

Kay Ryan, “Sharks’ Teeth” – it’s complicated and packed, but short, and the main questions are almost intuitive.

Ario Farin, “Up, up and away!” - as good as it gets. Read more at www.ashokkarra.com

 

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