Introduction to Poetry by: Billy Collins

The poem Introduction to Poetry different litterary devices are used. One being metaphor. The metaphor that caught my eye was "or press an ear against it's hive." This is comparing the body of a poem to a bee hive. Dangerous and scary and unknown, just like a poem before you read it. Personification is used more than anything though. The poem is given traits that are imposible such as being a maze, color slide, water, even a actual person with a room. The major theme brought out is that if you connect to a poem instead of hating it, you'll have a better time with annalysis.

This poem is very realistic in an easy to understand way. It lets the reader know what they want from you and what you usually do. This was one of the easiest poems for me to understand. Easier than Ba Ba Black Sheep was, though this one had more meaning. Basically, give the poetry the benefit of the doubt. Read it a couple times, put yourself in the readers shoes, connect with it.