Student discussion: Puzzles

Puzzles, as mentioned in the previous Step, are not always there to be ‘solved’. Sometimes, mystery and the feeling of not knowing something are essential to the experience of reading a poem.

In the last of the round table discussions of this Week, watch Rebecca, Elliot, Yinka-Maria and Alannah identify and analyse the puzzles in ‘Patagonia’. Compare your notes to their ideas and consider the questions below. Do try and share your thoughts in the comments below and take a moment to see what others have written.

What puzzles did you find in ‘Patagonia’? Were your ideas similar or different from those of our students? What impact do the puzzles that you’ve spotted have on your experience of the poem?

Later in the course, you’ll hear from Kate Clanchy, who will provide some insight into her creation of ‘Patagonia’. But before we get to this, in the next Step, we want you to combine the reading techniques you have been developing throughout this week and put them into practice.

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