20 February 2014: [Major catching up posts here...and I really meant to post this one on time on Thursday!]
Today I taught John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" in my ENGL 301 class, using it to talk through conceits specifically and metaphors in general. This has always been one of my favorite poems, one of those poems I can remember reading and understanding for the first time. I remember feeling that "oh, *this* is what poetry can do" feeling. It's still a pleasure to go back to, especially when you can see students having those "oh, I get it!" moments.
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