After the past 2 weeks, I can definitely without a doubt say that my ability to read poetry has greatly improved. I know I still have a very long way to go due to the fact that I haven’t read poetry in so long and it hasn’t been much to read, but it’s still very refreshing to read poetry again. I rarely if ever will read poetry on my own time so doing it for class re introduces it. I still have to get better at identifying everything from a poem and getting the complete message from the poem, I realize that a poem can even be somewhat enjoyable to read. A very important habit I need to break when reading a poem is reading it very quickly because I have a tendency to quickly skim through everything that I read, but with poetry every stanza is important because missing one thing can completely throw just about anyone off.
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2 thoughts on “Discussion 6, Vincent Maldonado”
Vincent, thanks for the candid comments. Yes, skimming a poem rarely works. You are so right that every stanza matters in comprehension; in fact, in poetry every word matters.
It’s okay to still be learning and improving. Poetry can be tricky sometimes, but taking the time to understand each stanza is key. I get what you mean about wanting to read quickly, but, each part of the poem is important, and skipping over can make it hard to get the full message.