It means to properly understand what the writer means (and assume their intentions, feelings)
Epic poems were memorized and then presented to an audience orally. This was required since the vast majority of people during that time period were illiterate. It is theorized that the repetitive structure and recurring syllables present in the epics, were used by storytellers to aid in memorization.
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The first one.
"I can't sing very well I can't dance very well"
