The Introduction - Thoughts

While I did read the introduction, I've found that I'm really bad at analyzing poetry. In a class setting I'm okay, but I feel really out of depth on my own. I've been in AP English all throughout high school and this was the one thing I've always had trouble with. I've tried most of the steps that the introduction mentioned before, but I still feel like I'm bad at it. I guess it comes with practice, but I feel like poetry should not always be analyzed. This does not really fit well with our class theme as a whole, but analyzing poetry kind of takes the joy out of it for me. As someone who performs poetry often I understand wanting to know the meaning behind the words, but I also like to take things for how they are. I guess that's just how I am. Hopefully this class will help me get better at analyzing.