I'm still stuck in the 'when the line ends, pause' way of reading poetry that I was taught in like second grade. It doesn't work much anymore. Understanding what the author is trying to say is a lot harder when I'm cutting his ideas short and starting them in the middle.
2. Kinds of Poetry
Not gonna lie, I don't know what characterizes certain kinds of poems. I know some basics, but I definitely need to be more concrete on how to determine what type of poetry a poem is.
3. Allusions
The question about classical allusions in the poem by Holmes really threw me. I don't know anything about enchanting sea nymphs or Greek sea gods, so picking up on allusions to them is pretty difficult. I need to learn more about the classical allusions so I can see when they show up in poems.
4.Terms
I really had no idea what "gloaming" meant at the beginning of "The First Snowfall." Which, consequently, distracted me from what the poet was saying. If I learn more terms frequently used by poets, I'll be less distracted by the words I don't understand and be able to read the poetry more fluidly.
5. Tone
In Sonnet 55, I definitely thought the speaker was angry. My bad. Understanding the tone of a poem will be quite helpful in determining the message of the poem.
You have excellent goals here, and strong reasoning backing up your choice of these goals.
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