As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.
All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them.