Poetry

part of speech–noun

from Merriam Webster online dictionary

definition of poetry: “writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound , and rhythm”

Ostensibly

Part of Speech– Adverb

Origin- Ostensible ( Adjective)

Definition– is used to describe something that seems to be true or is officially stated to be true, but about which you or other people have doubts.

Source: Collins Dictionary

Found in the essay ” Reading a poem; 20 strategies ” by Mark Yakich, in the fifteenth strategy

The definition of the word Ostensible or the word Ostensibly ( as used in the reading), helps me to understand it as a word used to describe something that may be true, but may not have facts that support it, hence might cause people to doubt it.

Ambiguity

Part of Speech – noun

Definition: a word or expression that can be understood in two or more possible ways : an ambiguous word or expression

source: Merriam-Webster

This word is found in the essay ” Reading a poem: 20 strategies” by Mark Yakich, in the seventh strategies.

knowing the definition of the word ambiguity , helps me understand that specific strategy that is listed.  The speaker is using the word to tell the audience that there is one or more possible way of understanding a poem.