Poetry in a FICTION class

When I realized we would be doing poetry for an English FICTION class I was as shocked as most of my friends in this course. If I had wanted to study poetry I would have taken the poetry course instead of fiction. Personally, I was never a fan of analyzing poetry and using those poetic terms. I would chose to write my own poetry over reading someone else's any day because it is not personal to me and does not build a bridge to my emotions. And that is why poetry is actually a form of fiction. As Dr. Ogden said, we should just kick back and only read this for enjoyment. When I read novels, I usually cannot connect to it and but are for pure enjoyment. They are a chance for people to escape reality for the little time they are flipping through the pages as the same with poetry. Sure, sometimes poems make no sense at all but they all have a background and are telling a story. I'm glad poetry was added as a part of the reading material for this course because it gives us all a chance to escape into another form of fiction, one with more rhythm and to enjoy a new way of being told a story.