The two images below are my practice to scale model without the roof. one of the images show the inner sitting area and the other one shows the outside view of it.

The image below shows a tiny scale model of the structure I had in mind.

In that new design, however, there was still some emphasis on the etrance and the stairs to give it the feeling of the hight. I started thinking about a space that will still give that feeling of the hight without the stair. Images below show my process. I came up with an idea of a high structure that created a space that will raise your eyes to the top, which has an opening to the sky. I also created a place to sit and recline back so you can look up.

The three of my intial models didn't focus enough on the actual space to read the poetry, but more on the way to get to that space. I created a new design that had more emphasis on the actual space. (imgages below).