How do I into poetry?

Are you reading it out loud? I sincerely hope you're not speed reading verse.

You really have to train yourself to read it slowly and properly, both in terms of the rhythm and considering the meaning.

Try listening to some poems spoken by competent people on Youtube and you'll see.

you have to pay careful attention to the language. if you don't have access to the OED you need to get it. any college student should be able to access it. unless you're 100% positive you know exactly what a word means you have to look it up. precision is important so you have to be able to pick out barely perceptible shifts in tone, meter, imagery. pay careful attention to pronouns. read a lot. read slowly. learn how to read properly (when to pause and how long for certain things like commas and line breaks and enjambments)

>>8814942
So I can get by without understanding that meter shit?

>>8814963

depends on what you mean by get by most modern poetry is free verse so it doesn't rigid meter like old poetry but for instance if a poet really quickly snapped into iambic pentameter for a minute you should be able to notice that because its probably important for a strong interpretation

>>8814979
What can I read to properly understand that?

>>8814983
Stephen Fry - The Ode Less Travelled

Start with limericks and work up from there.

>>8814989
Cheers man

>>8814992
>work up
Limericks are the endgame of poetic expression.