Teaching reading comprehension is considered a key step in education in general and teaching Literature in particular. How to teach reading comprehension to be really effective is also an issue that has been constantly discussed by educators for many years. Especially in recent years, teaching Literature in the direction of developing learners' capacity has become the main teaching concept in high schools in Vietnam. This article poses the problem of researching the current situation of teaching reading comprehension of lyric poetry texts in middle and high schools, to help teachers of literature in general and poetry in particular establish processes and strategies for teaching reading comprehension of lyrical texts effectively.