writing about Poetry
For me writing about poetry is HARD!!
The problem is that when a poem is put in front of me I'm all "Holy Crap, what does this all mean" and then when a class/professor begins to analyze the poem I'm all "Ahhhhhh, now I get it."
My plan for the Honors Exam is to study 6 or 7 of the Poetic Terms. I am hoping that finding the memorized techniques within the poems will help me unlock the inner workings of the piece. The activity and reading on prosody helped a lot because it is an element that is always present and can be analyzed in any poem.