Student discussion: Why poetry?

Reading and writing poetry can provide us with a new perspective, or a new understanding of our own perspectives; a lot can be gained through reading poetry. With practise, we hope you become more confident in your own choices as a reader and writer, and you better understand the decisions that other poets make when they construct verse.

In the last of our round table discussions, watch Rebecca, Alannah, Yinka and Elliot discuss what poetry means to them, and consider the following questions, leaving your thoughts in the discussion area:

What does poetry mean to you? Where does it fit into your life? What next?

Further reading

If you’ve enjoyed this course and you’d like to carry on thinking about reading and writing poetry, here are a few suggestions for some books to help you do just that.

The best way to develop your skills in close reading is … to read lots of poetry! Read for fun, or commit to learning some poems by heart (you’ll hear new things in them if you do so). You can browse websites like Poetry Foundation, or dip into an anthology. Here are a few suggestions for anthologies that you may enjoy:

If you’d like to think some more about techniques for close reading, some of the following books may help:

If there’s a book or an anthology that you’ve particularly enjoyed, let us know in the comments, below.

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