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Peer reviewedDow, Marguerite R. – English Quarterly, 1978
Outlines the five stages of a poetry lesson, illustrating their use with the poem "Spring and Fall," by Gerard Manley Hopkins. (RL)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Poetry
Gottschalk, Klaus-Dieter – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1979
Presents a linguistically-based text-analysis of S. Sassoon's antiwar poem "Lamentations," first analyzing the semantic characteristics, and following with thoughts on the intention of the fictional speaker and of the author, including particularly the ironic language. Some data on the author's life are given and interpreted. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Irony, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedLabonte, Rene – French Review, 1980
Discusses the nature of poetry and various approaches to teaching poetry at the college level. (AM)
Descriptors: French, French Literature, Higher Education, Poetry
Peer reviewedHolden, Jonathan – College English, 1979
Analyzes several poems to reveal the main canon of contemporary poetic style and the limitations it imposes on contemporary poets. (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Twentieth Century Literature
Widoe, Russ – Media and Methods, 1980
Points out that song lyrics are poetry that has moved people to love, march to war, march against war, and respond to religious impulses. Suggests that studying the lyrics of popular songs can help students develop an awareness of language and the power of poetry. (TJ)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Music Activities, Poetry, Popular Culture
Peer reviewedJacobs, Edward C. – Exercise Exchange, 1978
Recommends teaching Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" by using a grammatical approach to the reading. (TJ)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMainprize, Donald – English Journal, 1979
Illustrates a technique for eliciting student epigrammatic poetry. (DD)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, English Instruction, Poetry, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSchiller, David – Exercise Exchange, 1979
Describes a test to determine students' understanding of poetry that avoids the difficulties of objective tests and involves the students with poetry on the test. (TJ)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Essay Tests, Literary Criticism, Poetry
Jackson, Dan; Wirth, Debbie – Media and Methods, 1979
Describes an interdisciplinary approach to teaching music and poetry. (FL)
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Music Education, Poetry
Peer reviewedMcCracken, Robert A.; McCracken, Marlene J. – Language Arts, 1979
Describes a technique for eliciting poetry from children through the process of word association. (DD)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Poetry
Peer reviewedRoss, Campbell – English Journal, 1977
Emphasizes the advantages of offering a variety of oral interpretations to students. (DD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Literary Criticism, Oral Reading, Poetry
Peer reviewedHiltunen, Sirkku Sky – Journal of Poetry Therapy, 1997
Suggests that adults with mental retardation, even those unable to read or write or who have limited verbal skills, can express their ideas, feelings, and thoughts through poetry. Presents poetry written or dictated by the author's clients. Discusses how poetry can become the vehicle for self-esteem building through processes of self-creation and…
Descriptors: Adults, Mental Retardation, Poetry, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedDiaz de Chumaceiro, Cora L. – Journal of Poetry Therapy, 1997
Argues that it is important for therapists to pay attention to the literature that surfaces in their own consciousness during treatment of a patient. Examines a published example of this process in Theodore Reik's (1953) "The Secret Self: Psychoanalytic Experiences in Life and Literature," in which thoughts of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" are evoked.…
Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship, Music
Peer reviewedBean, Manya – Journal of Poetry Therapy, 1997
Discusses poems written by the author, an analyst, as a study of her own journey through the labyrinth of countertransference during treatment of a woman who belonged to an alcoholic family. Notes that the poems served several functions: as a means to study countertransferential feelings; as holding environments; as diagnostic tools; and as…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Role, Creative Writing
Barnett, Catherine – Teachers & Writers, 1998
Finds that, in Hurston's autobiography and her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," she uses an unusual personification to describe the damage wrought by a flood. Uses James Weldon Johnson's poem "Go Down Death" to complement Hurston's prose. Reads for deeper meanings under the surface of the cliches. Acquaints students with…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Black Literature, Critical Reading, Elementary Education
