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Does anyone have a preferred order to read this in? I plan on reading the sections in order, but I did wonder how the experience would change if you read in the order Kinbote suggests - intro, commentary, and then the poem. Or flipped from poem to commentary as you go. Thoughts?

John E. I've read it many times and I tell people to read the poem first, by itself. Then go back and read the poem going back and forth from the poem to the …moreI've read it many times and I tell people to read the poem first, by itself. Then go back and read the poem going back and forth from the poem to the commentary. I tell them, once you understand what's going on you'll stop going back and forth but you have to understand what the poem is first I think to "get" the intro and commentary.(less)

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Have you tried reading it along with the movie Bladerunner 2049?