Choose a short poem. Speak it once at conversation speed and once with a pause at each line ending. Which words become louder or stranger? Try a third reading that follows the punctuation. There is no single correct performance; listen for the meaning each reading makes.
Poetry · Guide
A Two Minute Reading Exercise
Hear what changes when you speak a poem.
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