My ideas of poetry have changed and broadened after the week 11 readings and activities. I’ve never liked poetry because I felt like sometimes it didn’t make sense to me. In activity two’s reading, it elaborates on the idea that poetry can be difficult to understand at times but it is up to the reader to try and figure it out. The reading also mentions how a poem can be seen as a game, it makes you work a little and it can be challenging. But like most things, you need to practice in order to gain skills and succeed in understanding and completing its task. Poems are meant to be read several times and aloud, in order to get a better understanding of them. I think what makes poems difficult is that the meaning behind them aren’t always so clear and they can be interpreted in many ways. Which is why reading and understanding poetry takes practice.
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Hi Anais! I personally find poetry very challenging to read and fully comprehend but what I love most is that you can always feel the depth that is intended by the writer. As they say, practice makes perfect and with a little practice maybe we will all have some kind of a poet develop within ourselves. You reference the reading that states poetry can be a game, to make us work for it and I think that is one of the most admirable parts of poetry. Some things have more value when you have to work towards it.
I’m on the same boat as you because I also never understood poetry. If you would put a poem in front of me I would not be able to focus on it at all. But the readings this week helped me so much too, especially the Common Lit structure!