Poetry!

Poetry is one of those things that you hear from when you are really little then in school and for the rest of your life. When I was younger I used to think poetry always rhymed. I loved nursery rhymes, my favorites were "Ba Ba Black Sheep" and the "Eency Weency Spider."Thinking back, the reason I loved nursery rhymes so much was probably because you could them, I can memorize the tune and lyrics after only a few times of hearing the song a few times.

When I was in elementary school and middle school there was a "speech meet" where you cold chooses to ether memorize a poem or another famous speech or dialogue. I loved doing this every year, and I think I still remember some of a poem I had in 3rd grade. For memorizing these poems It is easiest for me to just read the poem over and over and over again because eventually it sticks. This was also my strategy to Poetry out loud this year.

When I hear the word Poetry, I now no longer think of just rhyming poems. As we are learning in class what are some very different elements t poems I have been realizing how great the poets truly are. I still struggle with finding the meaning behind poems myself, but I am getting better! All in all I am excited to be studying poetry again.