. "GR - \u0158eck\u00E1 republika" . . . "Literary education is in a particularly difficult position with poetry as many teachers and students are afraid of it due to its ambiguity, seeming incomprehensibility and possible considerable interpretative latitude. Some teachers approach the interpretation of poems in too directive a manner and expect from students the same opinion as they have. The goal of the study is to find out how students are able to interpret poetic texts without the significant help of their teacher. The subject of their interest was the poem Puberty focused on teenage readers. We used the semantic differential and focus group method. Through semantic differential, differences amongst 256 respondents (12 - 15 years old) were observed in terms of various categories (age, gender, educational focus, reading competence, etc.). The focus group method was used with 10 selected respondents (15 - 16 years old) to determine the extent of their insight into the poem. When comparing the results of the poem Puberty with other poems monitored by semantic differential we can see that it represents only the average among other poems. Respondents were not captivated by it as much as it had been expected with a text directly aimed at children. It lacks real and painful experience having a universal outreach. On the contrary, these attributes are sensitively perceived by respondents in some difficult texts for adults. Sufficiently motivated students are capable of sufficient interpretative insight without any guidance of a teacher. Poems directly aimed at young readers can be accepted as less positive than a difficult poem for adults." . . "Poetry for young readers in their responses"@en . . . . . "Literary education is in a particularly difficult position with poetry as many teachers and students are afraid of it due to its ambiguity, seeming incomprehensibility and possible considerable interpretative latitude. Some teachers approach the interpretation of poems in too directive a manner and expect from students the same opinion as they have. The goal of the study is to find out how students are able to interpret poetic texts without the significant help of their teacher. The subject of their interest was the poem Puberty focused on teenage readers. We used the semantic differential and focus group method. Through semantic differential, differences amongst 256 respondents (12 - 15 years old) were observed in terms of various categories (age, gender, educational focus, reading competence, etc.). The focus group method was used with 10 selected respondents (15 - 16 years old) to determine the extent of their insight into the poem. When comparing the results of the poem Puberty with other poems monitored by semantic differential we can see that it represents only the average among other poems. Respondents were not captivated by it as much as it had been expected with a text directly aimed at children. It lacks real and painful experience having a universal outreach. On the contrary, these attributes are sensitively perceived by respondents in some difficult texts for adults. Sufficiently motivated students are capable of sufficient interpretative insight without any guidance of a teacher. Poems directly aimed at young readers can be accepted as less positive than a difficult poem for adults."@en . "2013" . "Vala, Jaroslav" . "1/10/2013" . "ATINER's Conference Paper Series" . "Poetry for young readers in their responses"@en . . "RIV/61989592:15410/13:33146314!RIV14-GA0-15410___" . "1"^^ . "1"^^ . . . "96740" . "[A0BBBC559BA2]" . "RIV/61989592:15410/13:33146314" . "http://www.atiner.gr/papers/EDU2013-0601.pdf" . . . . "2241-2891" . "15410" . "14"^^ . "P(GAP407/11/0594)" . . "semantic differential; reception; Poetry"@en . "Poetry for young readers in their responses" . "Poetry for young readers in their responses" . .