Analysis of "Introduction to Poetry"

The Paradox in Billy Collins "Introduction to Poetry" is that he tries to provide an audience with insight to reading and understanding poetry through  imagery and the use of individuals senses to interpret the text. The paradox is resolved with the exact opposite, the audience trying to obtain one, over all, right answer for the poem. "press a ear against its hive." in line 4 is an example of auditory imagery. "walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls for a light switch." and "take a poem and hold it up to the light" are examples of visual imagery. "I want them to water-ski across the surface of a poem waving at the author's name on the shore." is an example of kin-esthetic imagery. All of these examples are forms of imagery used by the author to help explain the creative process for interpreting text. "tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it." and "begin beating it with a hose to find out what it really means." are also examples of imagery, but are used in a different way. The imagery of these examples are basic and don't require much creative thought to interpret. The author uses imagery to explain how to interpret, and how not to interpret literature.