Poetry lightbulb moment

Throughout my school life I struggled with poetry. Year 9, 10 and 11 were rife with poets that I couldn't understand or comprehend. For my AS and A2 I chose to study English Literature which opened it up for me. We studied Carol Ann Duffy, Robert Lowell and Wilfred Owen. Owen and Lowell opened up poetry to me because the subject was exceptionally emotive. My teacher was also enthusiastic which helped me to access the topics. The one thing that I found beautiful about poetry was a fully analysed and annotated poem. The poem looks bare on a blank page; I find it an achievement to expand a full poem and take a snippet of the poet's life.