Where do I start with poetry (reading)? Looking for geniune responses, limit the meme responses, thank you.
What are you looking for? I like Plath.
As the other anon said, what do you like? What themes or sentiments are you going for?I think the best way to get into poetry is to start with something that has an easy-to-grasp-on-to rhythm & meter.City of Dreadful Night is my recommendation. You can skip around on the various sections.
I started with the Oxford Book of Verse, the one you can find in project gutenberg
>>24736348Buy anthologies of particular genres. Look through them for poets who grab you. Investigate these more closely.I'd suggest starting with the Romantics, since they have popular appeal.
>>24736348Palgrave's Golden Treasury. Nothing but the best.
>>24738201>only includes dead writersAs a guiding principle, this is flawless.
How do I stop thinking 'it doesn't scan' whilst reading anything but the worst limericks?
>>24738256Read Shelley, Frost, Hardy, Chapman ... basically, the good poets.
Keats, WordsworthAbc of reading by pound for theory
