Review the topic. Many people often ignore the title when reading poems. In fact, the title of a poem provides us with many useful inspirations, which either indicate the writing background, summarize the main contents of the poem, or indicate the purpose of writing. When reading poetry, we should first examine the topic and grasp the information conveyed by the topic.
See the author. Poetry conveys the poet's unique understanding and feelings about society, which is determined by the poet's education, life experience, personality, fate and times.
Read the notes. Poetry annotation not only helps us to understand the meaning of poetry correctly, but also often tells us some relevant literary common sense, poetry writing background and so on. This information plays an important role in understanding poetry, so we should pay attention to accumulation.