John Hollander: Quotes about reading

John Hollander was American poet. Explore interesting quotes on reading.

John Hollander: 62 quotes0 likes

“Very few writers of verse can read their work to keep their listeners aware of the beauty of sense, that sense of beauty from the powerful, delicate ways in which sense is made by poetry.”

'Poetry' September 1995

“A teacher (of poetry) has to know and feel what poetry is, and be able - and this is crucial- to read it aloud effectively.”

'A Conversation with John Hollander' (by email) by Paul Devlin vol 1 St. John's University Humanities Review April 2003

“I revise very little. I always write in long hand and revise when I type. I test them out when I read them aloud.”

“The more you understand a poem and its complexities and depth, the more you will be able to do when reading it aloud.”

“Reading a poem aloud by someone who understands it, can be a crucial experience, but better yet is reading it aloud oneself.”

“Central also to reading verse aloud is the handling of enjambment,.. the interplay of line-end and sentence-flow.”