Handout Template (Handout should be about one page)

Poet(s) and Poems Discussed

Poet 1, Title 1
Poet 2, Title 2
Poet 3, Title 3
Key Ideas and Things to Notice in Poems (3-5 key things)
Example key ideas: the use of identity, nature imagery, allusions
or references to other texts----make sure to explain in a
sentence or two the significance of each idea
Second key idea
Third key idea
Fourth key idea
Relationship between form and content (at least one point
should references the relationship between form and
content)
Important Passages to Discuss in Class (have at least 3 passages)

Line number: Quote

OR Stanza Number: paraphrase or quote

Key Poetic Terms or Concepts from Reading (page numbers for

definitions in Sound and Sense, can just list them here)