Ezra Pound: Poems Lesson Plan

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

1. 1

   Students will be able to identify the qualities of modernist literature and poetry in Pound's work.

2. 2

   Students will be able to decipher allusions and identify their significance in the context of Pound's work.

3. 3

   Students will be able to write sophisticated analyses of poetry that consider both form and content.

4. 4

   Students will be able to discuss connections between Pound's poetry and his troubling support of fascism and antisemitism.