Friday, May 18, 2012

Interpretation

Definition: The idea a reader comes up with from reading the poem.
Example: "If you can keep you head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you..." This quote from the poem "If" can be interpreted as staying calm while everyone else panics and thinks it is your fault.
Significance: Interpretation is an important part of poetry because every person has a different interpretation of what the poem means, and it listening to everyone's unique interpretation opens new ideas to to each individual reader.

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