Title: The Importance of Poetry in Education for Middle & High School Students | Synonym
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The Importance of Poetry in Education for Middle & High School Students
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Throughout history, poets have used language to express their thoughts, feelings, ideas and perspectives. By using rhythm, rhyme, meter and line breaks, poets have addressed everything from the nature of love or the beauty of a spring day to complex social issues. By studying poetry, middle and high school students can gain a greater understanding, not only of literature and language, but of themselves and the world they live in. Explore this article
Language Awareness
Critical Analysis
Creativity and Enthusiasm
Community
1 Language Awareness
Poetry can increase students' literacy and linguistic awareness, according Dr. Janette Hughes in a research report for the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat of Ontario. Studying poetry can help students to expand their oral and written vocabularies. Reading and writing poetry also helps students to become more aware of the ways in which language can be used and the rhythms, images and meanings that can be created. 2 Critical Analysis
According to a 2002 study by California Poets in Schools, students who study poetry in the classroom increase their skills of critical analysis. Poems use a variety of techniques — metaphor, imagery, rhyme and meter — to convey meaning. By identifying these techniques and thinking about how they function in the poem, students can develop their analytic and critical skills. Poems can also have multiple layers of meaning that readers must analyze carefully to understand.