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Base XP: 90
Base XP: 90
In previous quests, you learned that reading or hearing a poem isn't a one way street, from poem to you.
Experiencing poetry is collaborative effort between you, the poet, and the text.
You bring your personal impressions and experience to a poem's interpretation, and your reading is richer for it.
Meaning is created through a process of listening or reading a poem and drawing connections with your memories, other literature you have read - a process of revealing both intended meaning and discovered meaning.
What does that mean?
The intended meaning is what the poet wished to communicate when he or she wrote the poem. The discovered meaning is what the reader creates through listening to, and reading the poem.
Read and take notes on The Role of the Critic. Remember: criticism is a kind of creative act. It's a conversation with the poet, a discussion of the devices and their impact - not just complaining.
Task:
Task:
Select one of the poems you have read in a different course, in your everyday life, or in one of your earlier quests. If you're having trouble finding one, I'm more than happy to point you to some of my favourites.
Using the notes you have constructed on formal critiques, or the "How to Swallow a Poem" device (from a previous quest), conduct your own interpretation of a poem. Use the guidelines in this resource to reach your own conclusions about a poem, or discover the meaning the poem has for you, as well as the intended meanings.
Your interpretation can take any form you like, but I recommend you write it as a formal critique if you are thinking about going to university, as this is valuable practice.
Submit your completed critique here. Remember to let me know if/why you require additional XP.
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