Poetry can be compared to painting. When you look at a work of art, you first see it for what it is—a depiction of a person, an animal, a place, or a thing. You’ 11 notice the colors and thetextures, and maybe how the light shines across a window or【M1】______highlights a patch of flowers. These are the things what you see on【M2】______the surface. Then you look a little close at some of the fine details.【M3】______How did the painter make white paint to look silver against blue【M4】______drapery How did the artist catch that sad look in the eyes of thechild How on earth did it actually make an apple look so real that【M5】______you could always reach out and grab it off the table【M6】______ Now what about abstract art What do you see in thesepaintings Strange shapes and images—are they recognized Do【M7】______they make you feel a certain way When you look at abstract art, maybe you don’ t necessary see as much as you are actually feeling. To some people, poetry is like abstract art. Some people feelthat poetry is too objective to the artist for the reader to be able to【M8】______fully understand it. How can you make the sense of words that【M9】______don’t necessarily say a story To appreciate art, you must first【M10】______appreciate your own sensibilities, and then you must appreciate form and texture. With poetry, you start with an appreciation of and trust for your own feelings, and then you examine your appreciation of words and the magic they make when they’re used together. 【M1】