User:Stevenarntson/Analytical Writing/Close reading

Today we'll talk about "close reading"--looking at a short text very intensely to try to get well beneath its surface, to look not only at its probable meanings, but also its possible meanings.

We'll discuss this translation of a haiku by Kobayashi Issa:


 * I wish you were here
 * To listen to my bitching
 * And enjoy this moon.