Find the poles of \frac{s-2}{\left(s^2+2 s+5\right)(s+1)}.
The denominator is factorized into linear factors:
\left(s^2+2 s+5\right)(s+1)=\left(s-p_1\right)\left(s-p_2\right)\left(s-p_3\right)when p_1=-1+2 \mathrm{j}, p_2=-1-2 \mathrm{j}, p_3=-1 \text {. The poles are }-1+2 \mathrm{j},-1-2 \mathrm{j},-1.