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Poems, Poets, Poetry: Resources for Teaching
Poems Poets Poetry Resources for Teaching Author:Helen Hennessy Vendler Helen Vendler has written these notes to accompany Poems, Poets, Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology. In them, she discusses her experience of teaching poetry - what is important about a poem, how it works, and how students can be helped through their uneasiness at the complexities of a poem to an understanding and appreciation of those comp... more »lexities. She presents a variety of exercises and activities, with examples of how students might respond, and comments on how to evaluate student responses. Finally, she discusses individually each chapter in Peoms, Poets, Poetry, and comments on or explicates most of the poems that are not already discussed in those chapters. 77 page soft cover.« less