how many times do you read a poem before you "get"

You're not supposed to "get" poetry, you just enjoy it.

>>8474865
Pretty much this.
Poetry is able to be wicked plebby but it's poetry, who gives a shit. I'm a published poet and I write my poems based on rhythm and phonetics. I've had people tell me how deep it is and I have a hard time not laughing in their faces.

>>8474865
I disagree somewhat. You "get" it for yourself. I am very critical of people who act like they've objectively interpreted a poem, or people who try to interpret it with references to the author's life and work, but I also disagree with >>8474908, it is not up to you to decide whether someone else's reading is "deep" or not, tbqh.

>>8474293
It depends, poetry is meant to be aesthetic, it can be pretty simply to understand and be like reading a basic bit of prose fiction. Usually a poem like this will be focusing on rhythm

If a poem has an abstract concept and gets its aesthetic from some kind of intellectual prowess I personally can find it a bit hard to understand it, having to read it maybe 3 times and then specifically focusing on it, slowly and meticulously looking at it and uncovering the meaning

>>8474293
If it's written in meter I often find myself reading way too fast and have to back up and actually read the words.

>>8474293
>poem
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It all depends on the talent of the poet. For example, their choice of diction and the cadency of versification, it's all highly idiomatic. You compare someone of the absolute first rank, like John Milton, with someone perhaps not as distinguished, but still altogether brilliant, like Samuel Taylor Coleridge, you will see what it means to be a born poet.

>>8474293
Try some Larkin, he's usually simple and painful.

>>8474293
How many times do you look at a painting before you "get" it?

>>8474865
Depends. The poetry you "just enjoy" is more aesthetic, therefore superficial. It's not a matter of "look for the hidden meaning," more "discern the spirit of the poem." Learning what it means or what it's "about" is a bonus.

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