Wednesday, February 14, 2007

What does Porritt reveal about conventions of reading in "Read This Poem From the Bottom Up"?

and still make sense of a poem.

Porritt proves that it is possible to change the conventions of reading

not only by the images that are portrayed, but by the words that she uses.

of wanting to read the poem in the normal or standard way;

enables the reader to generate a feeling

A force that usually pulls you down”,

Of moving against the gravity of habit,

“While trying not to notice the effort,

Some of the lines, for example,

like a constellation in the sky.

from the bottom of a building to the top,

and when doing so it portrays images as one would see them

Porritt wants you to read it rather from the bottom to top;

does not want you to utilize this technique while reading this poem.

Porritt, on the other hand,

they read from left to right and from top to bottom.

For example, when one reads a poem, story, or even a magazine,

Conventions of reading are the basic rules of Standard English.



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