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In my opinion poetry is meant to be analyzed and the reader should interpret his/her own meanings from the poem. For example, if the reader concentrated on searching for the meaning he/she wouldn't find the enjoyment and pleasure the poetry might bring. By anazlyzing the poetry one will still find meaning and understand what message the poet is writing about. "Beating with a hose to find out what it really means" is taking from the pleasure aspect in reading poetry.
ReplyDelete-Amber Pelletier
Poetry is meant to be analyzed; however, I do not believe that it should be "beaten with a hose to find out what it really means." There is a difference between analyzing a piece of poetry and forcing meaning out of it. When a reader analyzes poetry, he/she can develop a deep, whole appreciation and understanding of the work. Conversely, when a reader feels pressured to find meaning in a piece of poetry and imasmuch trys to "beat it with a hose," the meaning is often interpreted poorly and in a shallower fashion. Ultimately, analysis is essential to all poetry, but poetry must be analyzed in the right way. The reader must WANT to analyze the poem, understand its symbolism, and discover its meaning for this to be effective. If readers only "beat the poem with a hose," analysis will be greatly compromised and the meaning of the work may be lost.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion poetry is meant to be analyzed because by analyzing poems it helps people to have a better knowledge of how to interpret emotions that the poems author is trying to establish. By analyzing poetry people begin to understand and learn how to interpret more efficiently, and can also help to become better writers themselves. For example a reader of Macbeth may have many problems understanding the old English but after reading it over again and again and trying to understand it will eventually end with understanding the text.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, poetry is meant to be analyzed not "beat with a hose to find out what it really means"(Collins). Poety should be gone through like a mouse as (collins)says, in detail and every little part should be looked at for deeper meaning. Once every part has been analyzed its easier to understand what message the poet is trying to send. Beating the poem with a hose will give you an answer, but it won't be what the poet was going for. In Macbeth, in one scene Macbeth thinks he sees a dagger is floating; if we were to beat it with a hose we might think there really was a dagger there. This can't be true and this is one reason to analyze poety, its to get the true meaning. Macbeth seeing the dagger is a symbol of his guilt. Poetry should be gone analyzed in detail to find what the meaning is, not beaten with a hose just to get a quick answer that has no value, or gives the reader the wrong message.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, poetry is meant to be analyzed not "beat with a hose to find out what it really means"(Collins). This is because I think that poetry is extremely complex, and if you find out the greater meaning of it by interpreting and analyzing it, you will appreciate it more, and actually enjoy what you are reading. I think that most people get frustrated with the wording in poetry, and get overwhelmed without even taking a minute to read the poem over again and find out why the poet is trying to portray to the reader.
ReplyDelete~ Brittany Strycharz
I just realized that I never put an example!!!! whoops...
ReplyDeleteWell, I agree with Brittany and Shane that poetry should be analyzed and not beaten with a hose. In "The Story of an Hour," a reader who tries to force meaning out of the short story might overlook the significance of the open window that Louise looks through after the news of her husband's death. This window, which symbolizes Louise's new, vivid life of freedom, can only be deeply understood by those who truly analyze the work. Clearly, if a reader "beats the poem with a hose," they're missing out on the most rewarding part of reading: finding a greater and deeper meaning in the work.
Poetry is meant to be analyzed not "beat with a hose" as Collins put so eloquently. Analyzing a poem should be like trying to see to bottom of a pond. The reader shouldn't splash away at the water trying to push everything away to reach the meaning they think is there. They should let the water lay calm and see the entire picture. The more a reader "digs" away at a poem the farther they get from the meaning created by the author. One must see the poem in its entirety to fully understand all that it contains.
ReplyDelete-Matt Marchand
Like everyone else has said, poetry shouldn't be beaten with a hose but analyzed carefully. As Collins puts it we should "press an ear against its hive," and listen to what it has to say. Forcing the meaning out of it is making the mistake of assuming that there is a specific meaning to the poem, and over analyzing it to the extent that we miss the beauty of it.
ReplyDeleteSome people may have over analyzed this very poem ("Introduction to Poetry"). One could see that the water-ski metaphor could mean how you have to know exactly how to read the poem in order to understand its meaning or in order to ride its surface when in fact it means simply to enjoy the poetry.
~Jaime Trudel
Poetry should be analyzed personally. As a reader the main point of reading is to analyze someting and find out hte meaning that it reflects on you. Although background information and other things taught to you can be considered beating with a hose to find out what it really means, some information is cricial to find the true meaning. However, it is evident like with Robert Frost's "A Mile to Go Before i Sleep" a personal interpretation is necessary.
ReplyDelete-ray
In my opinion, it is important to contemplate poetry's possible meanings and consider how the poetry affects you and are how it makes you feel personally. However, poetry should never be "beaten with a stick" in order to find its true meaning. Many pieces of poetry do not have just one true meaning. Rather, they can be left up to interpretation. Additionally, poets sometimes intentionally leave a line in a poem or the poem in it's entirety up to the interpretation of the reader. In T.S. Eliot’s poem, “Journey of the Magi”, the last line of the poem is “I should be glad of another death”. This poem is describing the journey that the three wise men made in order to see Jesus from the point of view of one of the wise men. In this last line of the poem, where the speaker is wishing for “another death” he could be wishing for his own death, the death of the king, or possibly someone else not mentioned. Depending on their knowledge of the Bible and their interpretation of the Bible, different people will interpret this line in the poem differently.
ReplyDelete-Hannah Kyer
Poetry is often time abstract and other times very direct to the message the poet is trying to get across. Poetry should never on any occasion be "beaten by a hose" or simply left at a surface glance. It is meant for interpretation and usually aims to hit a universal truth in which many readers can relate to the poet and his words making the piece more powerful and meaningful to the reader.
ReplyDelete- Judy Keylani