Poetry Unit

Grant's poetry unit focused on continuing to develop the skills of recognizing literary devices and understanding why poets utilize them through close/active reading, annotating and analyzing selected poems.  In addition, a further concept was to realize the power and importance of placing poems in context.

Poetry Annotations

Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle Into that good night

Shakespeare's "sonnet 18"

Hughes' "As I Grew Older"

Frost's "stopping by the woods on a snowy evening

Nye's "Making a fist"

Hughes' "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

Written Responses

Langston Hughes' "As I grew older"

Langston Hughes' "The negro speaks of rivers"

References

hastings' glossary of literary terms

How to analyze a poem