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Comparing Poems
Comparison is one of the best ways of teaching anything; it is especially useful for reading and teaching…
The Widow of Ephesus
Once there was a certain married woman in the city of Ephesus, whose faithfulness to her husband…
Villanelle Variations
“I learn by going where I have to go,” writes Theodore Roethke in “The Waking.” “The art of losing…
Analysis and Interpretation of Poetry: Emily Dickinson, “Crumbling…”
The act of literary interpretation involves essentially five things: observing, connecting, inferring…
SUBTEXT
Wendy Wasserstein: from Tender Offer
To interpret characters and their objectives accurately, we frequently need to look beneath the surface…
Creative Thinking: Seeking Alternatives and Exploring Possibilities
One general definition of creativity is “the purposeful generation and implementation of a novel idea…
The Interpretive Process: Robert Frost, “Dust of Snow”
We briefly consider the interpretive process in a reading of the following short poem. Robert Frost…
Music and Meaning and More
The question of music’s meaning has had a long and contentious history. Some say that music has no…
MOMENT
Michael Hogan: “Spring”
An interesting and useful way into the pleasures of poetry, MOMENT©, was developed by my friend Michael…
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