Archive for December 17, 2008

Suitors, Flaming Mice, and Figurative Language

First period began the last section of poetry for the week: imagery. We looked at one particularly amusing poem called “The Country” by former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins (Wikipedia overview).
I particularly like Collins’ work. His poetry is very accessible and yet has a certain calm depth to it. I use “The Country” for a [...]

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