Need help comprehending poetry English major here…
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Need help comprehending poetry
English major here, ironically.
I've been taking multiple classes regarding literature in order to complete my degree. So far, I've managed to dodge conversation in all of my classes by either not talking or writing a half-understood explanation. I've passed tests regarding poetry simply because I regurgitate the interpretations I've been given.
However, now that I'm in my fourth year of college and quickly approaching my master's, I can't take this approach to poetry anymore. I have to speak about what I think without previous interpretations, and I have to make them unique to my own understanding...
But the issue is that I never understand poetry! Or metaphors for that matter. Right now, for example, we're reading The Waste Land by TS Eliot, and I have no idea what the hell is happening. I never understand poetry. Why am I reading about a mountain in one line, random rambles in another, and then religion all in one section??? I cannot wrap my head around the meanings because the content seems so unrelated. I have no issues finding deeper meanings within novels, short stories, essays, etc, but as soon as you give me poetry, I'm staring at it blankly.
How do I fix this??? How can I gather meaning? How can I, at the bare minimum, understand something that seems so jumbled up?
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English major here, ironically.
I've been taking multiple classes regarding literature in order to complete my degree. So far, I've managed to dodge conversation in all of my classes by either not talking or writing a half-understood explanation. I've passed tests regarding poetry simply because I regurgitate the interpretations I've been given.
However, now that I'm in my fourth year of college and quickly approaching my master's, I can't take this approach to poetry anymore. I have to speak about what I think without previous interpretations, and I have to make them unique to my own understanding...
But the issue is that I never understand poetry! Or metaphors for that matter. Right now, for example, we're reading The Waste Land by TS Eliot, and I have no idea what the hell is happening. I never understand poetry. Why am I reading about a mountain in one line, random rambles in another, and then religion all in one section??? I cannot wrap my head around the meanings because the content seems so unrelated. I have no issues finding deeper meanings within novels, short stories, essays, etc, but as soon as you give me poetry, I'm staring at it blankly.
How do I fix this??? How can I gather meaning? How can I, at the bare minimum, understand something that seems so jumbled up?
#entertainment
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