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Benedict Whalen: How to Teach a Poem

Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast

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The Importance of Experiencing Poetry Without Formal Analysis

Exploring the value of concluding a study of poetry by reconsidering the poem in its entirety and advocating for memorizing poems orally to enrich comprehension and connection. Illustrated with Longfellow's 'The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls' as an example of a poem able to convey its meaning without deep analytical dissection.

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