Over the past 2 weeks, I’ve gotten a bit better at reading poetry. At first, it was a tossup for me, sometimes I got it, and other times it just went over my head. But now, after reading more, I’m starting to get the hang of it, even if I have to read some poems a few times to understand them. When I started reading ” Oedipus the King”, I noticed the strong emotions between the characters, like betrayal, revenge, and suspicion. It was pretty intense, I felt really bad for Creon because Oedipus accused him of plotting against him without any real proof, and he was sentenced to death instead of banishment. That seemed crazy. A poem that reminds me of “Oedipus the King” is “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Both the poem and the play are about making choices and discovering. In the poem, the speaker talks about choosing a path and how that choice made a big difference in his life. It’s kind of like how Oedipus decided to find out the truth, which led to a revelation.
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