The Poetry Analysis Poem

June 5, 2018

I have no problem reading that poem,

And I will gladly read that play,

But ask me to analyze them,

And my vision starts going gray.

I can recognize a metaphor,

And similies are as easy as pie,

But you say the author used them for a reason,

And you want me to tell you why?

I can barely understand Shakespeare,

And Sappho is incomplete.

Frost is always fun, but analyses?

Forget it! Poems are easier to eat.

How am I supposed to write an essay,

About a poem that's a hundred years old,

When all I can accomplish is a bad title,

Then click "underline" and "bold."

I have the outline all typed up,

Now all I need is the information.

Why don't you just give it to me?

It'll save us all the frustration.

I'm supposed to explain everything.

The who, what, when, where, how and why.

Well, all I really want to do,

Is curl up in a ball and cry.

"Pay attention to the structure," You say,

"The rhyme and the meter."

Well, while you're at it?
Go find a dead horse, and beat 'er.

By asking me to analyze them,

You ruin a perfectly good poem.

Now, why don't you tell me,

Would you bring a robber into your home?

I do, in fact, like to read,

And I've read tons of books,

But analysis is different,

And frankly? It sucks.

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