Writing Personal Shadow Poems to Understand Universal Themes
Mary Lynn Huie

Mary Lynn Huie wants students to understand common themes in diverse literary works. Using Nicolás Guillén’s “Ballad of the Two Grandfathers,” this high school teacher encourages her students “to resolve and embrace conflicts so that they might move beyond them.” They do this by writing personal shadow poems.

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