I haven't got much of a clue when it comes to poetry either. What has helped a little, though, is the book by Ruth Padel, 52 Ways Of Looking At A Poem. It's helped because there's some preliminary stuff where she talks about poetry generally, in terms that help a non-poet like me, and then there are 52 poems by various poets, each of which she discusses in reasonable depth (taken from a regular newspaper column she once did).
She's written another book, somewhat similar, that I picked up while I was out yesterday: The Poem And The Journey, 60 Poems For The Journey Of Life. If it's as good as the first, I'm sure it will be helpful to me. Maybe they'd help you, too.
Cheers,
Rob




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