The document provides guidance on how to appreciate a poem. It discusses that understanding the content or subject matter by determining what the poem is about leads to understanding the theme. The theme is carried out through imagery, including visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory and gustatory sensations. Appreciating the form involves understanding how the diverse words and images interact to produce multiple meanings through figurative language and figures of speech like similes. Determining both the content and form is important for fully appreciating a poem.

1. HOW TO APPRECIATE A
POEM
DR. SARANGPANI RAMCHANDRA SHINDE

2. HOW TO APPRECIATE A POEM
• WHY, IT IS DIFFICULT TO APPRECIATE A POEM?
• WHAT IS A POEM?
• WHAT IS APPRECIATION OF A POEM?

3. CONTENT VS FORM
• WHAT IS THE POEM ABOUT? LEADS US TO THE CONTENT OR SUBJECT
MATTER OF THE POEM,
• HOW IS THE POEM ORGANIZED? LEADS US TO THE FORM OF THE
POEM
• THEME: REFERES TO A GENERAL CONECPTS OR ESSENSE OF THE
POEM, AROUND WHICH THE WHOLE POEM REVOLVES.
• RECURRING THEMES: LOVE, NATURE, IDENTITY, RELIGION, MEMORY,
WAR, CONFLCT, LIFE, DEATH, AGE, DISCOVERY, EXPERIENCE,
INNOCENCE, ETC.

4. IMAGERY
• THEME IS CARRIED OUT BY MEANS OF IMAGERY.
• IMAGERY SIGNIFIES ALL THE OBJECTS AND QUALITIES OF SENSE
PERCEPTION REFERED TO IN A POEM. SUCH SENSE QUALITIES CAN BE:
• VISUAL (RELATED TO SIGHT)
• AUDITORY(HEARING)
• TACTILE (TOUCH)
• OLFACTORY (SMELL)
• GUSTATORY (TASTE)
• KINESTHETIC (SEMSATIONS OF MOVEMENT)

5. FORM
• AN INTERACTION AMONG DIVERSE WORDS AND IMAGES TO
PRODUCE MULTIPLE MEANINGS
• THE POETIC LANGUAGE IS FIGURATIVE
• DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMON LANGUAGE AND FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
• FIGURES OF SPEECH ENABLE THE POET TO ACHIEVE A DEPARTURE IN
THE MEANING OF THE WORDS.
• LET US DISCUSS FIGURES OF SPEECH

6. FIGURES OF SPEECH
• SIMILE