This study examines the difficulties teachers and students in public secondary schools in
Langata Sub County-Langata Constituency Nairobi County, face in sharing and acquiring their
knowledge of poetry. The following goals served as the studys direction: To study the
difficulties experienced in the classroom when teaching and learning poetry, To determine the
most effective methods for teaching poetry to high school students, To devise strategies for
overcoming the difficulties that Public secondary schools in Kenya face in teaching and
studying poetry. The studys findings were analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative
methods using a straightforward descriptive methodology. The target group included teachers
and students from form three and form four in Three public secondary schools in the Langata
sub-county. Data were gathered for the study via a questionnaire by the researcher. Microsoft
Excel and the SPSS approach were used by the researcher to analyze the data. The research
sample drawn from all mixed schools, indicated that there is no major problem with poetry in
public secondary schools in Langata sub county, as both teachers and students are enthusiastic
about poetry and are employing the best strategies to engage both learners and teachers in class.
Minor issues stemming from attitudes, material, teaching aids, and techniques can be traced
back to the responses of a small number of teachers and Students. The study further found that
the majority of respondents felt that poetry is interesting and thus recommends that poetry
should be given a top priority among other genre of literature in public secondary schools, in
Langata.