Angelina Oktaviana Pasu Pengarang NOVRIANI RABEKA MANAFE Dosen Pembimbing 1 Zantty O. Padahana Dosen Pembimbing 2 Novriani Rabeka Manafe Penguji 1 Gracia M. N. Otta Ketua Penguji Zantty O. Padahana, S.Pd., M.Pd Penguji 2

The researcher was interested in researching an analysis of difficulties in writing poems encountered by second-grade students of SMA Negeri 6 Kupang in the academic year 2024/2025. The method of the study was the qualitative descriptive method. The qualitative method used a poem writing test and interview. The population of the research was 25 students. The research was conducted by a poem writing test and interview. Poem Writing Test was given to see the students' basic capability in writing poems and to see the students' difficulties in writing poems. Interview to find out what difficulties students are experiencing and what are the right solutions to overcome these difficulties. After that, the qualitative method was collected through the results of students writing that corrected for every existing error and interviews. Based on the result, writing poems improved students' reading and writing comprehension in learning English specialization (authentic text, Poem) at SMA Negeri 6 Kupang. Keyword: Difficulties, Poem, Writing Comprehension