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Hello Tao,
You are right about the power of reading and rereading in poetry. Even if by reading the title and by scamming the poem you can get the idea about the poem, one reading is not enough for understanding. As the example of music reveled by Collin, by listening a music many times, you get its new idea. Read, read and read will allow reader to understand the reader of the poet.

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