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Unlocking the Poem

Unlocking the Poem

A Guide to Discovering Meaning through Understanding and Analysis

Author: Donna Carlson Tanzer Martin Beller, Ph.D.

SKU:UTPOEM001

ISBN(s): 978-1-948641-20-3

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Unlocking the Poem provides a path toward understanding that any motivated student can follow. Using this book, students will develop the ability to connect with any poem they may encounter by following a simple progression of steps.
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Unlocking the Poem provides a path toward understanding that any motivated student can follow. Using this book, students will develop the ability to connect with any poem they may encounter by following a simple progression of steps.

The way to understand a poem is to get to know it as itself, rather than as an example of poetic technique. Unlocking the Poem treats each poem as an independent literary event, just as it was written. Discussion of literary elements begins only after the student has fully explored the poem with his or her eyes, ears, feelings, and mind.

Featured Poems include:

  • "Sonnet 23" by William Shakespeare
  • "A Bird came down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson
  • "The White City" by Claude McKay
  • "The Armadillo" by Elizabeth Bishop
  • "Aubade" by Philip Larkin


Also included:

The STUDENT SUPPORT section provides complete answers and explanations for each exercise.

The TOOL BOX is a comprehensive guide to key terms and concepts covered throughout the text.

About the Authors

Donna Carlson Tanzer

Donna Carlson Tanzer

 Donna C. Tanzer is an Adjunct Professor of Writing and Humanities at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), where she teaches a wide range of courses including metafiction, children’s literature, and fairy tales. She has also taught graduate education courses at Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She formerly taught AP English Literature and many more high school classes in West Allis, Wisconsin, where she also...

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Martin Beller, Ph.D.

Martin Beller, Ph.D.

Martin Beller, Ph.D. is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the English Department at Texas Southern University. He has also taught at The Ohio State University, New York Institute of Technology, New York University and Long Island University, and at YES Preparatory Public School. He received his B.A. in English and Philosophy from C.W. Post College in New York and his M.A. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, concentrating on Medieval a...

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