I liked the flow of,
The Lay of the Last Minstrel. I think that the poem was easy to read in the fact that it flowed and told a continuous narrative. Although the poem did have an attached dictionary, I still found the actual context of the poem a little bit difficult to understand. The fact that I had to keep interrupting my reading to try to figure out what was going on was very distracting. I feel like I should have read this poem at least three times to fully understand exactly what was happening.
I often get frustrated as well when reading poetry because I have to look things up to fully understand the context. I think it is beneficial to read a work a few times to really get what the poet is saying. It is tedious but it pays off!
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