When the Words Get in the Way: Teaching the Craft of Poetry
Wilbur H. Sowder Jr.

Wilbur H. Sowder Jr. teaches students to read a poem by first giving them just a skeleton of it. In this article, he shares a detailed, inductive lesson that can be modified in several ways to help students discover and appreciate the poet’s craft.

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