Death in Poetry: A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young" and Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle int
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- Aug 18 2010 1:30 PM
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In this EDSITEment lesson, students study poems about death, including A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young" and Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." Students learn to read and interpret a poem from both the thematic level of death and the detailed level of poetic form. Several pieces of literature appropriate for use with this lesson are suggested.
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Grade: 9 to 12
Topics: Literature, English-Language Arts
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ELA.11-12.R.NAGLAT.3.4. Analyze ways in which poets use imagery, personification, figures of speech, and...
ELA.11-12.R.NAGLAT.3.7b Analyze recognized works of world literature from a variety of authors that rela...
ELA.11-12.R.SFL.3.1 Analyze characteristics of subgenres (e.g., satire, parody, allegory, pastoral) ...
ELA.9-10.R.NAGLAT.3.5 Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the...