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Originally Posted by Slavakion
I never got poetry or literary symbols
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reading was easy...
Exactly -gramatical correctness wasn't a problem (spelling wasnt a problem for me then either, I actually did know how to use a dictionary) Writing style wasnt a problem... I never got symbolism at all... and AP English where we spent weeks on Poetry was a complete waste for me.. I didn't understand it then I don't understand it now, I never quite got why these 'important writers' wouldn't just say what they meant -- why was it up to me to figure it out...
Deciphering what a poem meant, when it could mean a bazillion different things was a lot harder and more futile than solving quadratic equations.. in math, there was pretty much one correct answer...