Compare it to a song & play the song, or part of it. If you do this, please provide the lyrics of the song.
[NOTE: This must come Last!] An Expressive Reading:
—Advice for the Expressive Reading:
Hold in your mind the image of the person to whom you would address this poem, or the person about whom you would be talking.
Go slow! Savor each word and the flavor of its emotion.
Rehearse at home, in the car (but not while you're driving), on the bus, and especially out loud. If you can't trust your friends and kin to refrain from mocking you, your pets can serve as audience members: dogs are better than cats, and parrots better than either. Poulter's rule: rehearse aloud at least a dozen times!