Blog #2
Writing about poetry and writing poetry are very different processes. Writing about poetry requires interpretive skills to find meaning in the words that you are reading, while writing poetry requires you to make meaning through words. Writing about poetry at its core is about understanding, then explaining the conclusions you came up with based on the words in the poem itself. Writing poetry is all about creation through form and careful choice of words, which allow others to undergo the process of understanding, interpreting, and writing about poetry for your work. Writing about poetry helped me understand word usage and form on a much deeper level since I was able to deeply analyze an already successful and beloved work. Being able to pay attention to how the poem was written and how complex ideas were expressed in so little words helped me practice finding the most important and key details to keep in the poem and what details weren't as important. Having written my own po