poetry

first thing is to read poetry out loud, in original preferably.
even if you don't understand, ie italian, learn how to pronounce it and read it aloud.
after that you develop a sense of meter and rhythm which you could study more and have even more appreciation for the craft.

it is taken that you've read Homer, but honestly, Baudelaire is also an acceptable starting point

Bumping, I want to know this too.

Just get a basic poetry "rulebook" like Oliver's A Poetry Handbook or Hollander's Rhymes Reason, and then a big collection of poetry like the Oxford Anthology of English Poetry or whatever the fuck Bloom's anthology is called and read it.

Make sure to read out loud, read multiple times, and don't try to rush through shit. It's bad enough rushing through prose works, but its just fucking retarded to rush through poetry.

>>9659224
Okay desu, chill. No need to get riled up.

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You need to keep reading until the imagery clicks with some personal experience of yours. Or until you find a poem that organizes your memories, insights, feelings and suchlike in an "a-ha!"-moment. Until a poem "speaks to You".

With poetry, it's all about you. Even more so than with other forms of art -- I would say.

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>>9659268
and this I like too