Poetry

I have always been a “C” student. My biggest problem seems to be that I must fully understand a subject before I grasp the concept. My understanding seems to take longer than the average student. No matter how hard I study, I can only grasp a small part until I have all the pieces. The parts I grasp are enough to give me a “C”.

When I was a senior in high school, my English teacher, Mrs. K., was very challenging, even to the best students. In the poetry section, we learned about many different styles of poetry. My favorite style was the iambic pentameter. This was not because I liked the rhyth...