I would like to hear from others who have taught poetry. The whole notion of teaching people to appreciate poetry often strikes me as hopeless, yet I've been working at it for over twenty years and, if my students' testimonials are any indication (some of them given AFTER final grades were assigned!), I've had some success now and then.
How much poetry do your students already know?
How much do they know ABOUT poetry?
What poetry seems to get to them most often and most powerfully?
What do you hope to accomplish in teaching poetry?
Richard
PS Next year for the first time I'll be teaching the Bible as literature. I'd also appreciate hearing from anyone with experience in that heavily fraught endeavor. If there's much response, we can start a separate thread.
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