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I found I had the exact same experience with poetry. I used to had poetry, because it was something that I was forced to read in school. Now, years after leavi
by toomanybeersies 8y ago
I found I had the exact same experience with poetry. I used to had poetry, because it was something that I was forced to read in school.
Now, years after leaving high school, I actually find myself reading poetry for enjoyment. It's possible to read it and not sit there and analyse every word of every line. Sometimes it's nice to just read a poem and leave it at that, in the same way you'd listen to a song without delving into the lyrics.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoYeah, as a kid I always hated analyzing poetry. It felt similar to dissecting jokes[0]. A good poem stands on its own. I'd understand if we were in poem-writing class, there spending hours analyzing structure of a poem would make sense. But in a general class, it basically killed my interest. (A lot of my experiences in school can be summed up by a question that was never answered: "why are we talking about this?".) -- [0] - "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process."