Category: Reading

How to Analyse a Poem

How to Analyse a Poem

by | Apr 12, 2018 | , | 0 |

The beauty of poetry is that it’s open to interpretation. Yes, some images can only mean one thing, but the best poems mean something different to everyone. That’s not because they’re poorly written, but because we project our own experiences onto what we read.

Poets must make deliberate decisions about every aspect of their poem. Things like a poem’s structure, its title, and even its use of punctuation are deliberate decisions made by the poet to reinforce—or sometimes contradict—the overarching theme or message of the poem.

In this post, we’re going to look at some of the areas you can analyse when reading a poem.

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How to Give a Great Poetry Reading

How to Give a Great Poetry Reading

by | Feb 1, 2018 | , , | 4 |

Poetry readings differ from other kinds of public speaking events for many reasons.

Firstly, they’re more of a musical performance than a fiction or nonfiction reading.

Secondly, you need to embody the character of your poem. In fiction, you can get away (a little) with reading in a fairly normal voice. But if you don’t put passion and pizazz into your poetry, you’ll lose your audience, and fast.

Many poems are written to be read aloud.

So, as a poet, you need to embrace this.

Even if you hate being on stage more than anything else, you can learn to love reading your poetry aloud.

And the more you read your work in front of people, the easier it gets.

Promise.

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Interview With Shreya Sen Handley, Author of Memoirs of My Body

Interview With Shreya Sen Handley, Author of Memoirs of My Body

by | Jan 25, 2018 | | 0 |

This time last year, I was in the middle of a course called Writing Your Way Into the Media at Nottingham Writers’ Studio.

It’s thanks to that course, Janet Murray, and the sales guy at my day job that I’ve had work published in The Huffington Post, Thrive Global, and more.

That course was taught by Shreya Sen Handley, a former broadcast journalist and television producer for international channels such as CNBC and MTV.

I interviewed her about her first book, Memoirs of My Body, and her writing process.

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