My strongest point of talent is writing, but when I read other people's complex poetry I sometimes miss the message of the entire writing. What does that mean?
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Mr. Bobby
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Poetry is compressed thought, and even the great poets are sometimes difficult to understand. People who are less skilled are less able to communicate their basic ideas. And of course, some poetry doesn't really have meaning - it's just for the sound of the words and the images. An example from memory: - 'The wheat-king's luggage like Babel/Before the League of Nations grew,/and Joe put the luggage and the label/in the pocket of Flo the kangaroo.' - Edith Sitwell
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It just proves your point. If writing is your strong point, then reading can't be also. I know most people assume the one has everything to do with the other, but it just ain't so. Fluency is rated by reading, writing, speaking, and listening. And no one is equally good at any two of them.
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