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Promote a reading culture

According to figure 22, two (25%) Student teachers respondents suggested that reading of poems
is the strongest tool one can use to understand anything. So, learners should read more poetry

books.

Extra classes

The findings of 22, three (37, 5%) Student teachers recommended that extra classes can be

arranged for learners who fail to understand poetry. This will definitely improve their
understanding of poetry.

Divide the poem into sub-ideas

Based on the results of figure 22, one (12.5%) Student teacher mentioned that in order for learners

to have a better understanding of poems major ideas should be broken down into smaller parts.
This had to be done by breaking down words which will give meaning of the content of a poem.

Understanding of poems and poetic devices

The finding of figure 22, two (25%) Student teachers suggested that teachers as well as learners
should be familiar with and understand different types of poems as well as the figurative languages

embedded in the poems.

4.4 Summary

This chapter concentrated on the findings of the study. The chapter presented the findings in two

sections whereby the first section focused on demographic data whereas the second section was
for empirical findings. The next chapter (Chapter 5) concluded the study by presenting the

conclusion drawn from the literature and the findings of the study. Further, the final chapter

outlined recommendations concerning the value addition of poetry teaching as well as
recommendations for future studies

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