Welcome, Perry. As you read around in poetry, you will find that there are many types of poetry, and some will be more appealing to you than others are. This poem is written in the plain style (not a lot of ornamentation, but some soundplay and wordplay) and is didactic in focus (which is definitely not in fashion at the moment, but is sometimes the case with short, epigrammatic poems). You are not required to comment on everything, so feel free to limit yourself to the poems that you find you are most receptive to. Telling people what you like or dislike about a poem is helpful, so thanks for that. The most helpful thing you can do is to propose ways that you think the poem can be improved, without just telling the poet to write a different kind of poem.
Susan
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