When teaching poetry, the goal for teachers is simple: GET OUT OF THE WAY. The Big Six is a tool that I developed in graduate school to help teachers take a consistent, rigorous, and focused approach to teaching poetry analysis. If you’ve never used it, get on board! THE BIG SIX As a guide, I used The Big Six as my foundational analysis tool. That was the goal I had in mind while making this list: I wanted to find poems that were challenging and worth discussing in class, but also poems that could be tackled by students in one or two class periods. The poem has a great deal of mystery and room for debatable discussions about author’s intent, but it’s also accessible to students who might feel intimidated by poetry - or even just intimidated by language. I love the imagery, the title, the metaphor, but most of all, I love how teachable it is.
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