Title
Document Type
Teacher Resource
Publication Date
Summer 6-11-2012
Abstract
This classroom discussion-oriented lesson, which takes between sixty to seventy minutes, exposes students to two very different poetic styles and voices (William Carlos Williams and T.S. Eliot) and challenges them to think about their own relationship to poetry. This is a useful lesson to work into the beginning of a longer unit on poetry, and can be used as a preparatory discussion for unveiling the Laureate Project assessment to your students (also available on the Digital Commons). This lesson is suitable for grades 9-12.
Recommended Citation
Townsend, Tracy A., "The "Purposes" of Poetry" (2012). Understanding Poetry. 9.
https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/poetry/9