Archive: February 2015 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Peter Armenti; (Year) 2015; (Month) February

Using Poetry to Teach the Importance of Word Choice: Part II

February 25, 2015

The following guest post, part of our “Teacher’s Corner” series, is by Rebecca Newland, Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. In last month’s post I described the first half of a lesson I prepared for students on the importance of word choice, using different translations of the epic poem Beowulf. The second half …

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“Wild to be loved”: The Poetry of President Warren G. Harding

February 16, 2015

Posted by: Peter Armenti

When most of us consider the relationship between U.S. presidents and poetry, we’re likely to conjure up scenes of poets reading at presidential inaugurations or of presidents quoting lines of verse in public speeches and addresses. Few of us, however, give any thought to the achievement of presidents as poets. Yet a look at the biographies …

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Refined by: (Author) Peter Armenti; (Year) 2015; (Month) February