Poetry Goals

I thought it was pretty hard to narrow down five things I need to work on because I think I'm pretty bad at everything right now overall.

1.  Stay more focused during reading
2.  Try to pay more attention to details
3.  Learn more poetry terms
4.  Understand figurative language better
5.  Understand the extended metaphors better

I chose the first goal because that is a major weakness for me while reading.  Often times I get distracted or bored and skip around the text.  This can lead to me missing certain elements or not have a good understanding of the whole text.  The next goal, to pay attention to details, was chosen because I skim over details that prove to be important later on.  Learning more poetry terms is a fairly straightforward goal because that is just a matter of memorization that I haven't ever done up until this point.  Understanding figurative language and extended metaphors I think will come by achieving the first goal because if I have a better understanding of the text I will be able to pick up on the language/metaphors more easily.