The aim of this study is to review research on poetry reading pedagogy in secondary education from 1990 to 2015. Today there is little research on poetry teaching in Sweden and thus little guidance for secondary teachers. Therefore, this study thematically analyses peer-reviewed articles from English language international journals. Articles were retrieved through a systematic literature review. The results show that many researchers suggest personal response pedagogies mainly developed from Louise M. Rosenblatt's work. Further, a progression of poetry interpretations seems to require explicit teaching throughout the years of secondary education. Also, current educational politics, heavily influenced by neoliberalism, impose high-stakes examinations that challenge poetry curricula. Teacher education needs to address this issue. Minor themes found were: ontologies in relation to teaching poetry reading, and poetry reading as identity formation/tool for social critique. These could be possible areas for future research. ARTICLE HISTORY

Poetry is a key element of many literature curricula but poetry teaching is something with which many teachers struggle. Research indicates that teachers lack experience of poetry as well as subject knowledge and that current high-stakes testing poses challenges. While previous research has investigated teachers' experiences through large quantitative studies, this study focuses on what teachers who are keen readers of poetry regard as key elements of pedagogy. The material comprises 15 interviews with secondary school teachers of Swedish. A thematic analysis identified four themes: drawing on personal engagement, discussing pupils' conceptions from the outset, creating a safe classroom atmosphere, and scaffolding pupils' interpretations. The study highlights the centrality of the aesthetic experience and suggests that attention should be paid within research regarding how aesthetic content should be taught and that teacher educators should scaffold pre-service teachers' individual exploration of poetry to help them become confident teachers of poetry.

SAMMANFATTNINGFöreliggande artikel undersöker poesiintresserade 16-19-åringars fritidsläsning av poesi. Mot bakgrund av en internationell diskussion kring behovet av studier som diskuterar litteraturens legitimeringar i en starkt medialiserad samtid, studeras här utsagor om varför unga läser poesi för att bidra med ny förståelse om poesins värde för unga läsare idag. Studiens material utgörs av nätintervjuer med 21 unga kvinnor och män från hela Sverige. Gruppen läser huvudsakligen centrallyrik. Analysen genererade tre kategorier vilka belyser viktiga funktioner av den privata läsningen av centrallyrik: att bli sedd av dikten, en inre gemenskap och stöd i svåra perioder. Kategorierna analyseras och diskuteras i relation till Felskis (2008) begrepp «igenkänning», «förtrollning», «kunskap» och «chock» men enbart «igenkänning» visar sig ha förklaringsvärde. En didaktisk implikation av resultaten synes vara att elever bör ges möjligheter att utforska centrallyriken utan krav på ingående redogörelser av läsupplevelser för att kunna utveckla en individuell relation till genren.

Poetry reading is since 2011 part of the core content in the subject of Swedish     at both primary and secondary level.  However, to date there is little research on poetry pedagogy that may provide guidance to teachers and poetry reading pedagogy for secondary students is an especially understudied area. Early research has developed knowledge on poetry reception in class but little is known about how secondary students read and use poetry in their spare time. Knowledge of the leisure uses of poetry could have implications for pedagogy.  The aim of this study is to map and develop knowledge of how keen readers of poetry became interested in the genre and use poetry today in their spare time. The material consists of 21 semi-­structured online interviews. The analysis shows that participants tend to come from families that read and value literature. The participants generally develop an interest in poetry during late adolescence. Reading is the most common leisure activity. There is little online activity with poetry in the group. Many read poetry to be inspired and integrate what they read in other texts, images and music. Participants tend to prefer lyric poetry and a male western canon is dominant in their examples of favourite poets.