Poetry is a form of literary expression that uses different language to convey emotions and ideas – rhythm, imagery, and often rhyme.

Poets say a lot with few words. They paint a picture using vivid language.—every word counts.

 

 

Jessica Napolitano’s College English classes completed a big poetry project, where they created a poster or other visual to analyze the poem each group selected. The choices were: I’m Nobody Who Are You by Emily Dickinson; When Death Comes by Mary Oliver, Lover’s Return by Langston Hughes, I Watched the Moon Around the House by Emily Dickinson and Tulips by Sylvia Path.

 

 

The students had to do the research on their poem, the analysis and literary criticism, then depict it in visual form.

Ms. Napolitano’s mom was an art teacher. She herself uses art along with her teaching often.

“If students create a piece of art from the project, they’ll remember it better,” she said.

 

 

That was evident as the students worked diligently on their poem and art project, which were impressive on many levels.