AP Summer Work Entry Two

While reading through the poetry multiple choice section in Peterson's AP English and doing the practice problems, I seemed to get caught up in the details and would generally miss the "big picture." Sometimes I would skip over important details, but that wasn't as prominent. I didn't seem to have a problem with the older poetry, in fact, I enjoyed reading "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" and "Sonnet 55" because of the imagery, symbolism, and style. My favorite poem was "The Chambered Nautilus," for the same reasons as mentioned above. I was unfamiliar with some of the allusions presented in the various poems, but I was able to at least discern where they were and make educated guesses. These exercises had welcome insights toward tackling poems as well as the helpful test-taking skills.