Introduction to Poetry – Extended HOTS Questions

1. There’s a reason behind the names poets choose for their poems. Discuss the motive(s) for which the title “Introduction to Poetry” was given to this poem.

2. Collins describes two different approaches to poetry-reading in the poem. Discuss these two approaches. How do they differ? What descriptions does the poet use, to refer to each one of them?

3. “But all they want to do/ is tie the poem to a chair with rope/ and torture a confession out of it.”

4. What is the “confession” the students are trying to achieve? How do you know?