Update
10-12-2015
Content Type
Teacher Guide
Grade Level
Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Object Type
Interactive
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In this lesson, students will study both the content and the form of these two poems, closely analyzing how each poem’s use of poetic devices helps to convey and emphasize the poem’s meaning. Not only will this lesson enable students to analyze “Those Winter Sundays” and “My Papa’s Waltz” in an in-depth way, it will provide them with a deeper understanding of certain poetic devices and the intricate relationship between a poem’s content and its form.