A poem requires work, but like all other kinds of literature, you must try to glean something from it. Similarly, a poem is not unreadable if you follow these steps- read it through in one sitting, preferably read it aloud, find the unity in the poem and discover the conflict of images. You can afford to be less analytical while reading War and Peace than when you attempt Euclid’s Book I of Elements. For instance, reading imaginative literature and reading a mathematics treatise is very different indeed. There is a way to read every sort of book from mathematics to philosophy. So a reader has to sweat over the sentence like the poor writer has or to put it in a more positive light- a reader needs to be more demanding. Define the problems the author is trying to solve and see whether he has solved them.Enumerate its major parts in their order and relation.State what the whole book is about with utmost brevity.Classify the book according to its subject matter.Syntopical- Reading books related to the book you are reading. Inspectional- The book browsing/skimming kind.There are how-to books about everything under the sun but how do you read a book? Do you really need a manual for that? An avid reader would not agree but once you read How to Read a Book by Adler and Van Doren, you will change your mind. It’s come up over coffee and at the Bring Your Own Book (BYOB) Parties. This is a book that Pothidotcomers are familiar with.
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