How Not to Read a Poem: Gerard Manley Hopkins
Are you curious — but cautious — about poetry?
Jeremy (a university lecturer and poetry critic) and Joe (a bookseller and poetry tutor) believe that if we slow down, stop being so serious and follow a few simple steps, poems aren’t scary. In fact anyone, anywhere, can enjoy any piece of poetry.
Join them at The Book Hive in July when Jeremy will bring Joe one poem a week — an unusual piece by a celebrated writer. The two friends will then close-read it together, live in front of you, in a way that’s intelligent but informal and infectious.
Joe will use a playful but powerful six-step technique, developed in his popular one-to-one poetry tutoring sessions. He’ll go line by line, revealing how the poem works — its rhythm, rhyme, imagery and more. Jeremy will chip in with stories about the poet, and thoughts about their choice of words — exploring the historical context of when the poem was composed, how it was written, and why.
But hold on to your hats, because this won’t be anything like English lessons at school! Together, we’ll be doing some quite weird, counter-intuitive and fun stuff — like completely ignoring all the words in the poem (for a bit), and treating poems as tangible things that can be hot and cold…*
Ultimately, you’ll come away from these sessions with a surprisingly simple but revelatory way to read — and enjoy! — poems, plus ideas for more poetry to explore.
In the first series of How Not to Read a Poem, The Book Hive will be looking at five examples of one of the most famously enduring yet shape-shifting poetic forms: the sonnet.
This ticket is for an event where a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins will be read. Each How Not to Read a Poem event is a standalone event, but for the full experience, we recommend you buy a season ticket (which secures you a seat at all 5 events – for the price of 4!)
How Not to Read a Poem: Gerard Manley Hopkins
Are you curious — but cautious — about poetry?
Jeremy (a university lecturer and poetry critic) and Joe (a bookseller and poetry tutor) believe that if we slow down, stop being so serious and follow a few simple steps, poems aren’t scary. In fact anyone, anywhere, can enjoy any piece of poetry.
Join them at The Book Hive in July when Jeremy will bring Joe one poem a week — an unusual piece by a celebrated writer. The two friends will then close-read it together, live in front of you, in a way that’s intelligent but informal and infectious.
Joe will use a playful but powerful six-step technique, developed in his popular one-to-one poetry tutoring sessions. He’ll go line by line, revealing how the poem works — its rhythm, rhyme, imagery and more. Jeremy will chip in with stories about the poet, and thoughts about their choice of words — exploring the historical context of when the poem was composed, how it was written, and why.
But hold on to your hats, because this won’t be anything like English lessons at school! Together, we’ll be doing some quite weird, counter-intuitive and fun stuff — like completely ignoring all the words in the poem (for a bit), and treating poems as tangible things that can be hot and cold…*
Ultimately, you’ll come away from these sessions with a surprisingly simple but revelatory way to read — and enjoy! — poems, plus ideas for more poetry to explore.
In the first series of How Not to Read a Poem, The Book Hive will be looking at five examples of one of the most famously enduring yet shape-shifting poetic forms: the sonnet.
This ticket is for an event where a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins will be read. Each How Not to Read a Poem event is a standalone event, but for the full experience, we recommend you buy a season ticket (which secures you a seat at all 5 events – for the price of 4!)
How Not to Read a Poem: Gerard Manley Hopkins
Are you curious — but cautious — about poetry?
Jeremy (a university lecturer and poetry critic) and Joe (a bookseller and poetry tutor) believe that if we slow down, stop being so serious and follow a few simple steps, poems aren’t scary. In fact anyone, anywhere, can enjoy any piece of poetry.
Join them at The Book Hive in July when Jeremy will bring Joe one poem a week — an unusual piece by a celebrated writer. The two friends will then close-read it together, live in front of you, in a way that’s intelligent but informal and infectious.
Joe will use a playful but powerful six-step technique, developed in his popular one-to-one poetry tutoring sessions. He’ll go line by line, revealing how the poem works — its rhythm, rhyme, imagery and more. Jeremy will chip in with stories about the poet, and thoughts about their choice of words — exploring the historical context of when the poem was composed, how it was written, and why.
But hold on to your hats, because this won’t be anything like English lessons at school! Together, we’ll be doing some quite weird, counter-intuitive and fun stuff — like completely ignoring all the words in the poem (for a bit), and treating poems as tangible things that can be hot and cold…*
Ultimately, you’ll come away from these sessions with a surprisingly simple but revelatory way to read — and enjoy! — poems, plus ideas for more poetry to explore.
In the first series of How Not to Read a Poem, The Book Hive will be looking at five examples of one of the most famously enduring yet shape-shifting poetic forms: the sonnet.
This ticket is for an event where a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins will be read. Each How Not to Read a Poem event is a standalone event, but for the full experience, we recommend you buy a season ticket (which secures you a seat at all 5 events – for the price of 4!)