Exact research on the reception of poetry

The purpose of this study is to describe the construction of a suitable research instrument focused on exploring the reception of poetry. Thanks to long-term research and modifications of the classical form of semantic differential, we were able to extract three factors, which were labeled comprehensiveness, evaluation and impressiveness factors. Factor identity of scales was verified and the constructed instrument and sufficient loading of separate scales with the expected factor loads were validated. Split-half method and Cronbach‟s Alpha Coefficient were used to evaluate the reliability of the measurements. The results show that the reliability of the conducted measurements is, according to both methods, very high (0.885 – 0.948).