Poetry can be compared to painting. When you look at a work of art, you first see it for

what it is—a depiction of a person, an animal, a place, or a thing. You 11 notice the colors and the textures, and maybe how the light shines across a window or【M1】______ highlights a patch of flowers. These are the things what you see on【M2】______ the surface. Then you look a little close at some of the fine details.【M3】______ How did the painter make white paint to look silver against blue【M4】______ drapery？ How did the artist catch that sad look in the eyes of the child？ How on earth did it actually make an apple look so real that【M5】______ you could always reach out and grab it off the table？【M6】______ Now what about abstract art？ What do you see in these paintings？ Strange shapes and images—are they recognized？ Do【M7】______ they make you feel a certain way？ When you look at abstract art, maybe you don t necessary see as much as you are actually feeling. To some people, poetry is like abstract art. Some people feel that poetry is too objective to the artist for the reader to be able to【M8】______ fully understand it. How can you make the sense of words that【M9】______ dont necessarily say a story？ To appreciate art, you must first【M10】______ appreciate your own sensibilities, and then you must appreciate form. and texture. With poetry, you start with an appreciation of and trust for your own feelings, and then you examine your appreciation of words and the magic they make when theyre used together.

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