Rock music's lyrics have excited high school students' interest in poetry. Several poems written by the author's students show that writing poetry can be a means of developing students' awareness of language and of teaching them to express themselves in writing. (JB)

Critically evaluates several student-written poems, stressing the importance of a personal voice in students' poetry and warning teachers to keep students from overreaching themselves. (DD)

Studies the formular style of word-end positions in Homer's two epics. Considers various viewpoints in light of Milman Parry's theory of oral verse composition. (DS)

Describes six inadequate approaches used in teaching, analyzing, and interpreting poetry, and suggests a useful key" for the interpretation of poems. (SW)

A young Chicago poet explores the black literary scene and exposes new vistas of understanding and possibility. (DM)

Uses John Updike's Shillington" to show how an explication-teaching strategy can help students to understand a poem. (SW)