Billy Collins

          In the introduction to poetry is simply about Billy Collins putting his thoughts on how a poem should be read.  I think he is giving the reader instruction about how to approach poems, not simply stating that analysis is beating the poem. He invites  the joy that poetry brings us but there is a tonal shift, which warns the reader not to over analyse.The poem states that poems are living things, that they are alive. Collins uses personification, metaphors, and similes to prove his point.  Collins wants students to fully immerse themselves within a poem and enjoy it as well as discovering what its deeper meaning is. Students should try to find the meaning themselves rather than trying to get the poem to tell them what it means.