Blog #2: Poetry Goals

1. Learn how to better identify the tone of a poem more accuratly
2. Learn more about the specific types of poems and the "rules" of how to make them

3. Carefully read every word of the poem, not just skim through (no matter how long it is)

4. Review poetry and literary vocabulary so I can better understand what the questions mean
5.  Read poems more carefully, so I can understand the underlying meaning, not just what is stated.

Typically when I read poems I will just skim through it. But by doing this I have realized that I am not truly grasping what I need to, to answer the questions. I believe this is partially because of my little knowledge of how poems can actually be structured and the different ways that they need to be read. This is in part due to the fact that I am a little rusty of the different poetry terms that I need to know in regards to these questions. Hopefully with more practice, reading poetry will come easier to me.