The poem that i found most difficult was "The Flea". This was because this poem was pack with so many figurative language and was very difficult to read at first. It wasn't until the professor explained it that it actually made sense. It seams to make sense of poems that one needs to know the background of the author, background of the time and have read many similar poems before. Considering this i think that the class did pretty well with their interpretation. I felt that once she explained the poem i had no more questions about the poem. The poem that i felt was easiest to read was Ozymandias, this was because i had already read it in high school. On top of this, it was an easy read, very straight forward and not much hidden.
Poetry is designed to be difficult. Poets do not believe in allowing people to understand them.
ReplyDeleteI think poets are defintely trying to get people to understand things they write about. They just want people to think on a higher level than they are used to.
ReplyDeleteYes, the flea was quite difficult to understand. Not only were the concepts hard but just the whole figurative language was headache initiative. Really? Ozymandias was easy for you? I think that one was extremely difficult!
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