How Poetry Has Never Been An Easy Part Of The English...

Poetry has never been an easy part of the English curriculum for me. I don’t know if it was because of my age or my teachers, but I feel like I never received a solid basic understanding of poetry in middle school. All my teachers since then have assumed that I understand poetic devices and the different terms used to analyze poetry. When I was handed the first sheet of poems in college, I was terrified. But the second paper I was given gave me hope. It was a list poetry terminology along with their definitions, something I hadn’t seen since middle school. While I still found it difficult to interpret the poems written by Mary Oliver, the class discussions after helped a lot. I found meanings in Oliver’s â€Å"Snails† and â€Å"Porcupine† that I had not seen before. I found these poems very easy to relate to. â€Å"Enemies of a House† by John Updike, however, was one poem I was able to relate to without the help of the class or the poetry ter minology sheet. These three poems, â€Å"Enemies of a House†, â€Å"Snails†, and â€Å"Porcupine† were the easiest for me to comprehend and relate back to my own life and personal experiences. â€Å"Enemies of a House† by John Updike begins by listing and describing some of the physical enemies of a house. Dry rot intruding where the wood is wet; hot sun that shrinks roof shingles so they leak and bakes pane-putty into crumbs; (Updike). The poem continues to list physical aspects of destruction and finally ends with three emotional aspects. â€Å"Adultery; drink; death†Show MoreRelatedEssay about Jamaican Patois4705 Words   |  19 PagesJamaican Patois Jamaican Patois, otherwise known as Patwa, Afro. Jamaican, just plain Jamaican or, Creole, is a language that has been until quite recently referred to asungrammatical English.(Adams, 199 1, p . I 1) Creole languages are actually not unique to Jamaica, they are found on every continent although their speakers often do not realize what they are. 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