- Reading the poem sentence by sentence not line by line
- Figuring out the who, what, where, and when of the poem
- After reading the poem, paraphrasing it instead of jumping
straight into the questions.
- Analyzing the poem as a whole not as individual lines
- Remembering to read through it multiple times, so I understand
it fully
- Reviewing basic literary terms to better analyze the poems
I tend to get caught up in the details of the poem and
therefore when I am done reading it I don’t actually understand what it is
talking about. This is what happened to me in the practice questions, and
therefore I have dedicated my first five goals to this. In addition knowing the
literary terms would help me answer and understand the questions better.
You have identified the problem that I would say is at the heart of what causes 95% of AP students to struggle with poetry. We will definitely work on seeing the "big picture" instead of getting caught up in individual details!
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