I really struggle to follow whats going on unless its Keats. Every poem from Homer to Goethe I get completely lost or feel like i'm not experiencing their full potential.
What should I do lit? Is there some interpretative technique I should use? Do I "get gud"? Is it just about experiencing the prose and ideas the author is weaving and I should just relax? Should I just read more poems and get used to how they are written?
Pic related, not sure if its strictly a poem but its my personal final boss
>>8104007
You are inexperienced and also have low intelligence.
>>8104007
>their full potential
They don't have it. Poetry is literally shit.
read more and stop posting stupid threads on /lit/
Read aloud. Check every word you don't understand. Do not expect to gain anything from every single poem.
>>8104007
>from Homer to Goethe I get completely lost or feel like i'm not experiencing their full potential.
Probably because you aren't because you are reading a translation.
If you only speak English, only read poetry originally written in English. And be grateful because English has some of the widest range of poetry and generally believed to have some of the best poets.
>>8104302
Is this better or worse than Fry's book?
>>8105588
they're not comparable. they have different aims.
>>8105566
To be honest I try to read translated poetry and it just feels intolerable, like I'm not even getting the real meat. So I actively prefer English poets.
that just happens. your imagination is simply focused on something else in your life so there isnt any available for these kind of things. sorry. it is only solvable if you do an entire conversion of your worldview.
