Every now and then, teachers gotta wing it. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t—like that time I tried to teach “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” without prepping. It was in the appendix of the edition of Frankenstein I was teaching and thought I’d read it with the class. After all, it’s just a poem. “How […]
Teaching English Romantic Poetry: How Many of These 19 Poems Have You Taught?
May 2, 2016 By
After studying and teaching English Romantic Poetry and finding myself aglow with delight, I built a time machine and traveled back 30 years to talk to my teenage self. Here’s what transpired: Me: Hey, Trent! Teenage Me: Who are you, old man? And why are you talking to me? Me: I’m you from the future […]