Imagery Lesson Plan: Poets for Teaching Imagery

Students need more than the definition of imagery to really get it. Understanding imagery involves interpreting and analyzing the author’s purpose for using a specific image or set of images. Good poetry centers around powerful images. These poets excel with imagery. You’re busy. I don’t want to waste your time. Here’s a pdf download imagery […]

Teaching English Romantic Poetry: How Many of These 19 Poems Have You Taught?

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 […]